Kangaroo (1952 film)

Kangaroo
Directed byLewis Milestone
Screenplay byHarry Kleiner
Based onstory by Martin Berkeley
Produced byRobert Bassler
StarringMaureen O'Hara
Peter Lawford
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byNick DeMaggio
Music bySol Kaplan
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
20th Century-Fox
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • June 1952 (1952-06)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget£800,000 or £890,000
Box office$1.25 million (US rentals)

Kangaroo (also known as The Australian Story) is a 1952 American Western film directed by Lewis Milestone. It was the first Technicolor film filmed on location in Australia. Milestone called it "an underrated picture."

The film was remade as The Jackals in Africa in 1967.