Dot and the Kangaroo

May 14, 1977

1h 15m

★ 7.1

Overview

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. Aiding the pair are musically gifted koalas, platypuses, and kookaburras in this film based on Ethel Pedley's 1899 children's book, with animated humans and animals superimposed upon a live-action background.

Genres

Animation

Adventure

Family

Production Companies

Yoram Gross Films

Australian Film Commission

Dot and the Kangaroo Trailers

Cast

Dot (voice)

Barbara Frawley

The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)

Joan Bruce

Mr. Platypus (voice)

Spike Milligan

Mrs. Platypus (voice)

June Salter

Willie Wagtail (voice)

Ross Higgins

Father (voice)

Ron Haddrick

Jack, the Farmhand (voice)

Richard Meikle

(voice)

Lola Brooks

(voice)

Peter Gwynne

(voice)

George Assang

(voice)

Kerrie Biddell

(voice)

John Derum

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