The eponymous Dusty is an appropriately named dingo or wild dog. Roaming the fertile fields of Australia Dusty is captured as a puppy. Though dingoes are normally averse to human companionship Dusty attaches himself to an old worn-out shepherd played by Bill Kerr. The dog gives Kerr a reason for living and vice versa. Be sure to have plenty of Kleenex handy for some of the mistier passages of Dusty.