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Drylanders (1962)

The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation

Genre : Drama, Family, Western

Runtime : 1H 9M

Director : Don Haldane

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Frances Hyland
Frances Hyland
Liza
James B. Douglas
James B. Douglas
Dan (as James Douglas)
Lester Nixon
Lester Nixon
Bob MacPherson
Mary Savidge
Mary Savidge
Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
William Fruet
William Fruet
Colin (as William Fruete)
Don Francks
Don Francks
Russel
Ernest Huber
Ernest Huber
Man in boxcar

Crews

Don Haldane
Don Haldane
Director
M. Charles Cohen
M. Charles Cohen
Writer
Reginald H. Morris
Reginald H. Morris
Cinematography
John Kemeny
John Kemeny
Editor
Kirk Jones
Kirk Jones
Editor
Eldon Rathburn
Eldon Rathburn
Music

Posters and backgrounds

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