Dot and the Kangaroo
7.1
May 14, 1977
1h 15m
AnimationAdventureFamily
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.
Production
Yoram Gross Films, Australian Film Commission
Language
English
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Trailer
Cast
Barbara Frawley
Dot (voice)
Joan Bruce
The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)
Spike Milligan
Mr. Platypus (voice)
June Salter
Mrs. Platypus (voice)
Ross Higgins
Willie Wagtail (voice)
Ron Haddrick
Father (voice)
Richard Meikle
Jack, the Farmhand (voice)
Lola Brooks
(voice)
Peter Gwynne
(voice)
George Assang
(voice)
Kerrie Biddell
(voice)
John Derum
(voice)
