Dot and the Kangaroo

• 7.0 Animation
• 1977-05-14
• 75 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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))

Director:

Yoram Gross

Writer:

Yoram Gross John Palmer