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Land of the Quintuplets

This James A. FitzPatrick TravelTalks short visits Callander, the Ontario, Canada hometown of the world-famous Dionne Quintuplets, where we meet the five girls and the doctor who delivered them, and take a look about the town.

Cast

James A. FitzPatrick

James A. FitzPatrick

as Narrator (voice)

Yvonne Dionne

Yvonne Dionne

as Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Annette Dionne

Annette Dionne

as Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Cécile Dionne

Cécile Dionne

as Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Émilie Dionne

Émilie Dionne

as Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Marie Dionne

Marie Dionne

as Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Allan Roy Dafoe

Allan Roy Dafoe

as Himself, the Dionne Quintuplets' Doctor

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