Walkabout - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Walkabout"

Walkabout (1971)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Actors and characters

Character Girl

Luc Roeg

Character White Boy

Character Black Boy

Character Man

Robert McDarra

Character Man

Peter Carver

Character No Hoper

John Illingsworth

Character Young Man

Hilary Bamberger

Character Woman

Barry Donnelly

Character Australian Scientist

Character German Scientist

Carlo Manchini

Character Italian Scientist

Luke Roeg actually burned his back before the scene where the Aboriginal boy smears his burnt skin with fat. This was not in the script, but director Nicolas Roeg saw it happening, filmed it, and inserted it into the film.
The screenplay written by Edward Bond fit onto just 14 pages. Everything else was improvised.
At the end of the film, the audience hears an excerpt from Alfred Edward Housman's (1859-1936) collection of poems, "A Shropshire Lad".
At the time of filming, David Galpin did not speak English at all.
Jenny Agutter was embarrassed to film the nude scene in the lake, so a minimal number of people were left on set, and when the scene was finished, everyone else returned to the set and, in solidarity with the actress, stripped naked and went swimming.
At the end of the film, the viewer hears an excerpt from the poetic collection of Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) "A Shropshire Lad".

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