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Dot and the Kangaroo(1977)
Status: Released
Date: 1977-05-14
71%
9 Votes
Time: 1h 15m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Australia
ProductionCompanies: 
Yoram Gross Films
Movie: Dot and the Kangaroo
Top 10 Billed Cast
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)
Lola Brooks
(voice)
Peter Gwynne
(voice)
George Assang
(voice)
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