Dot and the Kangaroo

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.

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)

Peter Gwynne

(voice)

George Assang

(voice)

Kerrie Biddell

(voice)

John Derum

(voice)