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Dot and the Kangaroo

70 %|May 14, 1977|Animation, Adventure, Family

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.

Featured Crew

Yoram Gross
Director
Yoram Gross
Screenplay
Rowl Greenhalg
Animation
John Palmer
Lyricist
Olga Zahorsky
Production Manager
Peter Gardiner
Animation
Greg Ingram
Animation
Richard Meikle
Casting

Cast

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Barbara Frawley
Dot (voice)
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Joan Bruce
The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)
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Spike Milligan
Mr. Platypus (voice)
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June Salter
Mrs. Platypus (voice)
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Ross Higgins
Willie Wagtail (voice)
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Ron Haddrick
Father (voice)
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Richard Meikle
Jack, the Farmhand (voice)
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John Derum
(voice)
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Sue Walker
(voice)
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Anne Haddy
(voice)