- HD 1080
- Runtime: 97m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Australia, United States of America
- Director: Peter Collinson
- Stars: William Holden, Rick Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett, Alwyn Kurts
- keywords: australia, tragedy
- Production_studio: Earthling Associates, Filmways Pictures, Arkoff International
- Slogan: Two alone in the wilderness. One learned to survive, the other to love.
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The The Earthling is featured in the top rankings of 1980
- #10 in Top Adventure Movies of 1980
- #86 in Top Drama Movies of 1980
- #26 in Top Action Movies of 1980
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.