Walkabout

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

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.

• Release date
• July 1, 1971
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Adventure, Drama
• Director
• Nicolas Roeg

Cast

Jenny Agutter Girl

L

Luc Roeg White Boy David Gulpilil Black Boy John Meillon Man

R

Robert McDarra Man

P

Peter Carver No Hoper

J

John Illingsworth Young Man

H

Hilary Bamberger Woman