Drylanders

Don Haldane
1962-04-25

The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation
6
69 min

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.

Cast

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