Dot and the Kangaroo

Dot and the Kangaroo

75 mins | Adventure, Animation, Family | May 14, 1977

An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she is 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 background.

Dot and the Kangaroo

75 mins | Adventure, Animation, Family | May 14, 1977

Dot and the Kangaroo
An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she is 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 background.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Australian Film Commission, Yoram Gross Films
Original title Dot and the Kangaroo
Directors Yoram Gross
Writers Ethel Pedley, John Palmer, Yoram Gross

Cast

Barbara Frawley

as Dot (voice)

Joan Bruce

as The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)

Spike Milligan

as Mr. Platypus (voice)

June Salter

as Mrs. Platypus (voice)

Ross Higgins

as Willie Wagtail (voice)

Ron Haddrick

as Father (voice)

Richard Meikle

as Jack, the Farmhand (voice)

Lola Brooks

as (voice)

Peter Gwynne

as (voice)

George Assang

as (voice)

Kerrie Biddell

as (voice)

John Derum

as (voice)

Kevin Golsby

as (voice)

Nola Lester

as (voice)

Sue Walker

as (voice)

Noel Brophy

as (voice)

Anne Haddy

as (voice)

Robina Beard

as (voice)