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Drylanders

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.

1h 9m1962TMDb 6.5

DramaFamilyWestern

English

Crew and Cast

Don HaldaneDon HaldaneDirectorFrances HylandFrances HylandLizaJames B. DouglasJames B. DouglasDan (as James Douglas)
Lester NixonBob MacPherson
Mary SavidgeAda MacPherson (as Mary Savage)William FruetWilliam FruetColin (as William Fruete)Don FrancksDon FrancksRussel
Ernest HuberMan in boxcar
William WeintraubNarrator

Storyline

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.

  • ONF | NFB

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Info

Status
Released
Released
25 April 1962
Runtime
1h 9m
TMDB score
6.5 / 10 (2 votes)

Production

Director
Don Haldane
Writers
M. Charles Cohen
Studios
ONF | NFB
Countries
Canada

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English