Frog Dreaming
β 5.6 Β· 1986 Β· 93m Β· Drama Β· Adventure Β· Family
American boy Cody lives in Australia with his guardian, Gaza. Cody is very imaginative, inventive and inquisitive. He comes accross some strange events happening in Devil's Knob national park associated with an aboriginal myth about "frog dreamings". Cody tries to investigate...
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