Drylanders
The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation
1962•1h 9m•6.5/10
DramaFamilyWestern
Ratings
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6.5/10(2)
The epic story of the opening of the Canadian West and the drought that brought the Depression in the thirties. This is the saga of a family who left eastern Canada to stake their future in the Prairies.
Production
ONF | NFB
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Frances Hyland
Liza
James B. Douglas
Dan (as James Douglas)
Lester Nixon
Bob MacPherson
Mary Savidge
Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
William Fruet
Colin (as William Fruete)
Don Francks
Russel
Ernest Huber
Man in boxcar
William Weintraub
Narrator
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