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A Waltz Through the Hills

A Waltz Through the Hills

Two orphans want to go home. But home is halfway around the world

19887.02h 0m

Overview

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.

Directed by Frank Arnold
Written by John Goldsmith, G.M. Glaskin
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Top Cast

Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

Uncle Tom

Ernie Dingo

Ernie Dingo

Frank Smith

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Andre Jansen

Andy Dean

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Tina Kemp

Sammy Dean

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Maggie Wilde West

Molly Thompson

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Geoffrey Atkins

Bert Thompson

Michael Carman

Michael Carman

Sergeant Rawling

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Themes & Keywords

adoptionsurvivalrunaway children

About A Waltz Through the Hills

A Waltz Through the Hills is a tv movie, adventure, drama, family film released in 1988 exploring themes of adoption, survival, runaway children. Directed by Frank Arnold, it stars Dan O'Herlihy, Ernie Dingo, Andre Jansen. 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.

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