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Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks is a Canadian docudrama film directed, written and produced by Donald Brittain. The film was about Hal C. Banks, a controversial American labour union leader who came to Canada in 1949 to lead a sectarian fight between rival shipping unions.
8 set 1985 · This film is a true life account of Hal Banks, an Al Capone-like union leader who practically ran the Canadian shipping industry with an iron fist in the 50s and 60s.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Donald Brittain
- 1985-09-08
28 gen 2019 · This biographical drama profiles the true life of Hal C. Banks, the tough American who once ruled the Canadian shipping industry. Director: Donald Brittain. Stars: Maury Chaykin.
In 1949 the government recruits Banks, a U.S. felon, to bust the communist-run Canadian Seamen’s Union. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema. See what’s playing
21 feb 2012 · This gripping docudrama, based on eyewitness accounts and courtroom testimony, recalls thirteen turbulent years of violence and corruption during which the careers of 6 000 seamen were destroyed by the power of one man, Banks.
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga OJ Hal C. Banks, Brittain's ironic tone and sensibility here are perfect for dealing with the sordid figure of Banks himself, as well as with this particularly ignoble episode in re cent Canadian history. Canada's Sweetheart traces the Canadiap career of an American con
Hal C. Banks was an American union leader brought to Canada in the late 40's to smash a shipping strike championed by a union the government felt was infiltrated by communists. He was successful using brutal, strong-arm tactics, but he decided not to leave when his job was done.
