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Drylanders (1962)

"The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation"

6.0/10 1h 9m Apr 25, 1962
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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Drylanders
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1

Cast

Frances Hyland
Frances Hyland
Liza
Popularity: 5.6
James B. Douglas
James B. Douglas
Dan (as James Douglas)
Popularity: 2.6
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Lester Nixon
Bob MacPherson
Popularity: 0.2
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Mary Savidge
Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
Popularity: 0.1
William Fruet
William Fruet
Colin (as William Fruete)
Popularity: 1.0
Don Francks
Don Francks
Russel
Popularity: 1.0
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Ernest Huber
Man in boxcar
Popularity: 0.3
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William Weintraub
Narrator
Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director Don Haldane
Producer Peter Jones
Writer M. Charles Cohen
Editor John Kemeny, Kirk Jones
Music Eldon Rathburn

Production

ONF | NFB
CA

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Keywords

canada agriculture drought prairies history

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Details
Release Date April 25, 1962
Runtime 1h 9m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1
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