Drylanders (1962)
The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation
1962 · 1h 9m · Drama, Family, Western
Genres: Drama, Family, Western
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.
Director: Don Haldane
Writers: M. Charles Cohen
Music by: Eldon Rathburn
Cinematography: Reginald H. Morris
Editor: John Kemeny, Kirk Jones
Cast
Frances Hyland as LizaJames B. Douglas as Dan (as James Douglas)Lester Nixon as Bob MacPhersonMary Savidge as Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)William Fruet as Colin (as William Fruete)Don Francks as RusselErnest Huber as Man in boxcarWilliam Weintraub as NarratorMore like this
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