The Overlanders (1974)
The year is 1862. The settings. The Canadian northwest. The lure is gold. Nine men, two women (one of them pregnant), and a young boy begin the odyssey which is to change all their lives. Through jungle-like forests, they look for a trail abandoned 10 years before by explorers and fur-traders. It runs out in a beautiful mountain trap, a box canyon with a waterfall. Left leaderless when death strikes, the vulnerable band must find another route. They decide to descend the mighty Fraser river by raft. Those who survive the great Grand Canyon rapids must continue on foot.
Director: Don Eccleston
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Peter Haworth as Captain Pritchard |
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Michael Collins as James MacLeod |
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Marek Norman as David |
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Hélène Lasnier as Maggie McKinnon |
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Don Francks as The Hand Me Down Kid |
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William Nunn as Big Fred Berkowski |
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Bob Barker as The Piper |
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Joseph Golland as Lotbiniere |
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Franklin Johnson as Begbie |
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Claude Maher as Jean-Marie Rochette |
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Helen Shaver as Mrs. O'Mara |
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Dale Wilson as Fergus |
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Andrew Mowatt as |
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Franklin Johnston as |
| Writing | Len Peterson | Writer |
| Camera | Bob Reid | Director of Photography |
| Art | Murray Devlin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Causie | Costume Design |
| Production | Don Eccleston | Producer |
| Directing | Don Eccleston | Director |
