ONF | NFB presents

Drylanders

Name: Drylanders
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Released: 1962-04-25

directed by Don Haldane

“The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation”

19621h 9mDrama

ONF | NFB presents

Drylanders

directed by Don Haldane

“The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation”

19621h 9mDrama

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§ Synopsis

Drama · Family · Western

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.

§ Keywords

what it's about

canada agriculture drought prairies history

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

Don Haldane

Writer

M. Charles Cohen

Cinematography

Reginald H. Morris

§ Cast

8

Frances Hyland

as Liza

James B. Douglas

as Dan (as James Douglas)

as Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)

William Fruet

as Colin (as William Fruete)

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