The Earthling (1980)
1h 37min
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Two alone in the wilderness. One learned to survive, the other to love.
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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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Directed by: Peter Collinson, Donald McAlpine
Written by: Lanny Cotler
Produced by: John Strong, Elliot Schick, Stephen W. Sharmat
Composed by: Dick DeBenedictis, Bruce Smeaton
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