Drylanders
The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation
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Overview
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.
Cast
Frances HylandLiza
James B. DouglasDan (as James Douglas)Lester NixonBob MacPherson
Mary SavidgeAda MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
William FruetColin (as William Fruete)
Don FrancksRusselErnest HuberMan in boxcar
William WeintraubNarrator
Crew
DirectorDon Haldane
Details
Release DateApril 25, 1962
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosONF | NFB
