1962
6.0 (1 votes)
1h 9m
Genres
Drama
Family
Western
Production Companies
ONF | NFB
Drylanders
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.
Key Crew
Director: Don Haldane
Producer: Peter Jones
Writer: M. Charles Cohen
Director of Photography: Reginald H. Morris
Top Cast
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
