An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she’s befriended by a kangaroo who gives her a ride in her pouch as they search for the girl’s home.
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Part of The Adventures of Dot
9 films
Cast
22 people
Barbara Frawley
Dot (voice)
Also in
A Christmas Carol
The Camel Boy
Joan Bruce
The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)
Also in
Sarah
The True Believers
Yoram Gross
Sandra Gross
Spike Milligan
Mr. Platypus (voice)
Known for
The Three Musketeers
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
John Palmer
June Salter
Mrs. Platypus (voice)
Also in
Number 96
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
Ethel Pedley
Ross Higgins
Willie Wagtail (voice)
Also in
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in 80 Days
Ron Haddrick
Father (voice)
Known for
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Quigley Down Under
Richard Meikle
Jack, the Farmhand (voice)
Also in
Scales of Justice
Robin Hood
Lola Brooks
(voice)
Known for
On the Beach
The Sundowners
Yoram Gross Director · John Palmer Screenplay Ethel Pedley Author
United States release May 14, 1977 · Produced in Australia · Production Australian Film Commission
Production
Yoram Gross Films
Production
Australian Film Commission
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 14, 1977
Theatrical
Australia
December 15, 1977 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1978
Canada
September 18, 1978
France
July 10, 1978
Germany
September 15, 1977 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 21, 1978
Japan
May 20, 1978
Poland
July 22, 2007 · ERA New Horizons Film Festival
United Kingdom
June 16, 1978
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