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Drylanders
Drylanders
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  2. Drylanders

Drylanders

1962
1h 9m
Drama
Family
Western

Status

Released

Release

1962

Runtime

1h 9m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Rent

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Storyline

"The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation"

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 9m
Apr 25, 1962
Languages
English
Director
Don Haldane
Don Haldane
Production
ONF | NFB
ONF | NFB
Production Countries
Canada

Top Cast

8 Cast Members

Frances Hyland

Frances Hyland

Liza

James B. Douglas

James B. Douglas

Dan (as James Douglas)

Lester Nixon

Bob MacPherson

Mary Savidge

Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)

William Fruet

William Fruet

Colin (as William Fruete)

Don Francks

Don Francks

Russel

Ernest Huber

Man in boxcar

William Weintraub

Narrator

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