Drylanders

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

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

Crew

Don Haldane

Director

M. Charles Cohen

Writer

Kirk Jones

Editor

John Kemeny

Editor

Reginald H. Morris

Director of Photography

Peter Jones

Producer

Ron Alexander

Sound

Clarke Da Prato

Sound

Eldon Rathburn

Music

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