Walkabout poster
Director Nicolas Roeg
Writer Edward Bond

Walkabout

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

Release Date: 1971-07-01

Duration: 95 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Jenny Agutter
    Girl
  • John Meillon
    Man
  • David Gulpilil
    Black Boy
  • Luc Roeg
    White Boy
  • Noeline Brown
    German Scientist
  • Peter Carver
    No Hoper
  • Carlo Manchini
    Italian Scientist
  • Robert McDarra
    Man
  • Hilary Bamberger
    Woman
  • Barry Donnelly
    Australian Scientist