Walkabout

1971 7.3 (408 votes) 1h 35m

Genres

Adventure Drama

Production Companies

Si Litvinoff Film Production
Max L. Raab Productions

A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.

Overview

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.