MOVIE
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.
Release / first air1962-04-25
Original languageEN
GenresDrama, Family, Western
DirectorDon Haldane
WriterM. Charles Cohen
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionONF | NFB
Cast & Crew
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Frances HylandLiza
James B. DouglasDan (as James Douglas)
Lester NixonBob MacPhersonMary SavidgeAda MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
William FruetColin (as William Fruete)
Don FrancksRusselErnest HuberMan in boxcarWilliam WeintraubNarratorKeywords
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