1977
7.1 (9 votes)
1h 15m
Genres
Animation
Adventure
Family
Production Companies
Yoram Gross Films
Australian Film Commission
Australian Film Commission
Dot and the Kangaroo
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Yoram Gross, John Palmer
Director: Yoram Gross
Producer: Yoram Gross
Top 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)
