Apr 25, 1962
69 min
Full-HD

Drylanders (1962)

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.

Category

Drama Family Western

Country

Canada

Companies

ONF | NFB

Frances Hyland

Liza

James B. Douglas

Dan (as James Douglas)

Lester Nixon

Bob MacPherson

Mary Savidge

Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)

William Fruet

Colin (as William Fruete)

Don Francks

Russel

Ernest Huber

Man in boxcar

William Weintraub

Narrator

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