Drylanders (1962)

  • NR
  • 04/25/1962 (CA)
  • Drama, Family, Western
  • 1h 9m

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.

Don Haldane

Director

M. Charles Cohen

Writer

Cast

Frances Hyland's headshot

Frances Hyland

Liza
James B. Douglas's headshot

James B. Douglas

Dan (as James Douglas)
Lester Nixon's headshot

Lester Nixon

Bob MacPherson
Mary Savidge's headshot

Mary Savidge

Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
William Fruet's headshot

William Fruet

Colin (as William Fruete)
Don Francks's headshot

Don Francks

Russel
Ernest Huber's headshot

Ernest Huber

Man in boxcar
William Weintraub's headshot

William Weintraub

Narrator

Recommendations

Ace of Aces cover

Ace of Aces
Critters 4 cover

Critters 4
W.E. cover

W.E.
Dune cover

Dune
Hunter × Hunter Pilot cover

Hunter × Hunter Pilot
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion cover

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
A Stitch in Time cover

A Stitch in Time
Woman in the Dunes cover

Woman in the Dunes