Drylanders
Cast & Crew
Donald Haldane
Frances Hyland
James Douglas
Lester Nixon
Mary Savage
William Fruet
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1907, Boer War veteran Dan Greer becomes disillusioned with his job as a clerk and leaves Montreal with his wife, Liza, and their two sons. Traveling west, they stake out a farmstead in Saskatchewan and, with the help of the MacPhersons, their Scottish neighbors, build a home. Their first harvest is destroyed by hail, but the Greers persevere and reap bumper wheat crops. However, the prosperity of the 1920's is followed by years of drought. During the Great Depression, many farmers leave the land. Dan's older son goes to the city, only to find mass unemployment. Threatened with financial ruin and near starvation, Dan dies a broken man. His widow, younger son, and daughter-in-law contemplate deserting the farm, but the drought ends and they remain to start over.
Director
Donald Haldane
Cast
Frances Hyland
James Douglas
Lester Nixon
Mary Savage
William Fruet
Don Francks
Irena Mayeska
William Weintraub
Jonathon Little
Crew
Ron Alexander
M. Charles Cohen
Clarke Daprato
Wally Gentleman
John Gunn
David Haber
Kirk Jones
Kirk Jones
Peter Jones
John Kemeny
Jack Mccullagh
Reginald Morris
Eldon Rathburn
Yuki Yoshida
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
This was the National Film Board of Canada's first feature.
Notes
Filmed on location in 1961 at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. Opened in Swift Current in September 1963. French Canadian title: Un autre pays.
