Drylanders

Name: Drylanders
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Released: 1962-04-25
Cast: Frances Hyland, James B. Douglas, Lester Nixon, Mary Savidge, William Fruet

The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation

19621h 9mMovie

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.

Drama
Family
Western
Canada
Agriculture
Drought
Prairies
History

Where to watch

Amazon Video

Availability by JustWatch · All options on TMDB

Cast

Frances HylandLiza
James B. DouglasDan (as James Douglas)
Lester NixonBob MacPherson
Mary SavidgeAda MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
William FruetColin (as William Fruete)
Don FrancksRussel
Ernest HuberMan in boxcar
William WeintraubNarrator

Details

Director: Don Haldane
Writers: M. Charles Cohen
Release date: April 25, 1962
Runtime: 1h 9m
Original language: English
Studios: ONF | NFB

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Platform	Score	Points
IMDb77 votes	6.6	6 pts
Rotten Tomatoes	not available	skipped
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Platform	Score	Points
IMDb77 votes	6.6	6 pts
Rotten Tomatoes	not available	skipped
Metacritic	not available	skipped
Letterboxd	not available	skipped