Drylanders (1962)
"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.
Top Cast
Frances Hyland
Liza
James B. Douglas
Dan (as James Douglas)
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Lester Nixon
Bob MacPherson
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Mary Savidge
Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
William Fruet
Colin (as William Fruete)
Don Francks
Russel
E
Ernest Huber
Man in boxcar
W
William Weintraub
Narrator
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