The Earthling

Name: The Earthling
Released: 1980

1980 · Movie

97 min English

35 votes

ActionDramaAdventure

Recently 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.

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Stream in 5 countries

Sorted by distance from United States

US United States

CA Canada

· 2,262 km

FR France

· 7,666 km

NZ New Zealand

· 12,550 km

AU Australia

· 15,184 km

Cast, directors & writers

William Holden

Patrick Foley

Ricky Schroder

Shawn Daley

Jack Thompson

Ross Daley

Olivia Hamnett

Bettina Daley

Alwyn Kurts

Christian Neilson

Pat Evison

Meg Neilson

Redmond Phillips

Bobby Burns

Ray Barrett

Parnell

Tony Barry

Red

Allan Penney

Harlan

Peter Collinson

Director

Lanny Cotler

Writer

Keywords

australia tragedy

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