Drylanders

Apr 25, 1962

1h 9m

★ 6.5

The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation

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.

Genres

Drama

Family

Western

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Drylanders Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Liza

Frances Hyland

Dan (as James Douglas)

James B. Douglas

Bob MacPherson

Lester Nixon

Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)

Mary Savidge

Colin (as William Fruete)

William Fruet

Russel

Don Francks

Man in boxcar

Ernest Huber

Narrator

William Weintraub

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