Dot and the Kangaroo
1977 · TMDB 7.3
Directed by Yoram Gross
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.
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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 super...
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- Runtime
- 75 min
- Released
- 1977-05-14
- Studio
- Yoram Gross Films
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.3
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Key contributors
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Yoram Gross
Director
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John Palmer
Writer
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Barbara Frawley
Dot (voice)
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Joan Bruce
The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)
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Spike Milligan
Mr. Platypus (voice)
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June Salter
Mrs. Platypus (voice)
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Ross Higgins
Willie Wagtail (voice)
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Ron Haddrick
Father (voice)
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Richard Meikle
Jack, the Farmhand (voice)
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Lola Brooks
(voice)