The Overlanders

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Len Peterson

Language

English

Country

Canada

Release date

25 March 1974

Ensemble

Cast

• Peter Haworth

  Captain Pritchard

• Michael Collins

  James MacLeod

• Marek Norman

  David

• Hélène Lasnier

  Maggie McKinnon

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  Don Francks

  The Hand Me Down Kid

• William Nunn

  Big Fred Berkowski

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  Bob Barker

  The Piper

• Joseph Golland

  Lotbiniere

• Franklin Johnson

  Begbie

• Claude Maher

  Jean-Marie Rochette

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  Helen Shaver

  Mrs. O'Mara

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  Dale Wilson

  Fergus