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Drylanders
Drylanders
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Drylanders

“The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation”

★ 6.5 Rating•69 min•1962
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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 Hyland

Frances Hyland

Liza

James B. Douglas

James B. Douglas

Dan (as James Douglas)

N/A

Lester Nixon

Bob MacPherson

N/A

Mary Savidge

Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)

William Fruet

William Fruet

Colin (as William Fruete)

Don Francks

Don Francks

Russel

N/A

Ernest Huber

Man in boxcar

N/A

William Weintraub

Narrator

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Details

StatusReleased
Release DateApril 25, 1962
BudgetN/A
RevenueN/A
GenresDrama, Family, Western

Keywords

canadaagriculturedroughtprairieshistory

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