photos news photos news Drylanders 1962 69 min Drama, Family, Western 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. where where to watch AU CA GB GG IE US ✕ data from JustWatch watched want to watch oscars IMDb 6.6 director Don Haldane writer M. Charles Cohen news ✕ loading… photos ✕ cast Frances Hyland Liza James B. Douglas Dan (as James Douglas) L Lester Nixon Bob MacPherson M Mary Savidge Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage) William Fruet Colin (as William Fruete) Don Francks Russel E Ernest Huber Man in boxcar W William Weintraub Narrator