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Drylanders

Drylanders

# The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation
Drama   Family   Western
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1962-04-25
⌚ Running Time: 69 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

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

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