A Waltz Through the Hills (1988)
Two orphans want to go home. But home is halfway around the world
When Sammy Dean and her older brother Andy are suddenly orphaned, they fear that they will be separated and placed in foster homes. So they set off along on foot, hoping to reach a ship that will take them to England and their only surviving relatives. The two young runaways must make their dangerous journey through some of the world’s harshest terrain-the wilds of the Australian outback.
- Date of release
- 1988-01-01
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Adventure, Drama, Family
- Director
- Frank Arnold
Casting
- Dan O'Herlihy — Uncle Tom
- Ernie Dingo — Frank Smith
- Andre Jansen — Andy Dean
- Tina Kemp — Sammy Dean
- Maggie Wilde West — Molly Thompson
- Geoffrey Atkins — Bert Thompson
- Michael Carman — Sergeant Rawling
Interesting facts
A Waltz Through The Hills is a 1988 Australian-American made-for-television adventure drama film based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Glaskin. It is the story of two orphaned children who run away from their home in the Western Australia outback to go to Perth so they can sail to England to live with their grandparents. It was produced for the PBS series WonderWorks in the United States
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