Return To The Desert
1979, English. Directed by Malcolm Douglas.
With a group of Kukadja men, Malcolm travels into the remote Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. The desert tribesmen teach him their skills of survival, hunting and collecting. The amazing wildlife in the film includes rare footage of the tiny marsupial mole.
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- 0h 46m
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- English
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- 3 April 1979
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Return To The Desert runs 46 minutes (0h 46m).
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Return To The Desert isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 April 1979. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Return To The Desert?
Return To The Desert (1979) was directed by Malcolm Douglas and stars Malcolm Douglas.