MOVIE

Drylanders

Name: Drylanders
Director: Don Haldane
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Released: 1962-04-25
Cast: Frances Hyland, James B. Douglas, Lester Nixon, Mary Savidge, William Fruet

The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation

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.

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 … + more

Release Date

1962-04-25

Year

1962

Duration

1h 9m

Status

Released

Score

6.00

Genres

Drama Family Western

Production

ONF | NFB

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Cast

Frances Hyland

Liza

James B. Douglas

Dan (as James Douglas)

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Lester Nixon

Bob MacPherson

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Mary Savidge

Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)

William Fruet

Colin (as William Fruete)

Don Francks

Russel

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Ernest Huber

Man in boxcar

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William Weintraub

Narrator