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6.2Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, a man returns home to Australia to die in the wilderness. His plans become complicated when he comes across a young boy whose parents have been killed and decides to take him under his wing.
Released: 1980-07-2497 minDir: Peter CollinsonAction, Drama, Adventure
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Cast
- William Holden as Patrick Foley
- Rick Schroder as Shawn Daley
- Jack Thompson as Ross Daley
- Olivia Hamnett as Bettina Daley
- Alwyn Kurts as Christian Neilson
- Pat Evison as Meg Neilson
Themes
- australia
- tragedy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Collinson
- Cast member
- Jack Thompson
- Composer
- Bruce Smeaton
- Producer
- Samuel Z. Arkoff
- Cinematographer
- Donald McAlpine
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 528493
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-01-01
- title
- The Earthling
- film editor
- Frank Morriss
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- desert
- box office
- 72000
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