Walkabout
“A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.”
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
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Cast
11 people
Jenny Agutter
Girl
Known for
An American Werewolf in London
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Luc Roeg
White Boy
David Gulpilil
Black Boy
Known for
Crocodile Dundee
Australia
John Meillon
Man
Known for
Crocodile Dundee II
The Cars That Ate Paris
Robert McDarra
Man
Also in
Wake in Fright
27A
Peter Carver
No Hoper
Known for
The Sundowners
John Illingsworth
Young Man
No other roles listed
Hilary Bamberger
Woman
Also in
The Larkins
Jonah
Barry Donnelly
Australian Scientist
Also in
Blue Murder
Summerfield
Noeline Brown
German Scientist
Also in
Daily at Dawn
The Naked Vicar Show
Carlo Manchini
Italian Scientist
Also in
Wake in Fright
Martial Law
Nicolas Roeg Director · Edward Bond Writer James Vance Marshall Author
Budget $1M · United States release July 1, 1971 · Produced in United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Si Litvinoff Film Production
Production
Max L. Raab Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
United States · Australia · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Czech · English · French
Release dates
France · May 16, 1971
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · July 1, 1971
Theatrical · Originally rated GP
Australia
October 1, 1971 · Theatrical
France
February 23, 1972 · Theatrical
Germany
April 27, 1983 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 6, 1972 · Theatrical
Japan
July 15, 1972 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 26, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
July 1, 1971 · TV
United Kingdom
October 7, 1971 · Theatrical
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