AnimationAdventureFamily
Dot and the Kangaroo
User Score9 votes
71%7.1/10
Release1977→
Runtime1H 15M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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)
Media4
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Director
Yoram Gross
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Keywords
australian outbackkangaroolive action and animationaustralian folklore
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Countries:Australia
Production:Yoram Gross FilmsAustralian Film Commission























