The Earthling (1980)

Directors

Peter Collinson

Cast

William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett

The story

Patrick Foley is a jaded loner who has been a drifter for much of his life. Discovering he has terminal cancer, he travels to the Australian outback where he grew up to die in solitude. However, his plans are interrupted after ten year old Shawn Daley's parents die in a horrific accident when their RV plummeted off a cliff, leaving the boy traumatised, alone and helpless.

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