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Drylanders(1962)
Status: Released
Date: 1962-04-25
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Time: 1h 9m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Drylanders
Top 8 Billed Cast
Frances Hyland
Liza
James B. Douglas
Dan (as James Douglas)
William Fruet
Colin (as William Fruete)
Don Francks
Russel
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