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Sep 8, 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
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks is a Canadian docudrama film directed, written and produced by Donald Brittain. [1] 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.
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. Banks left Canada in 1962 after being brought up on criminal charges.
Canada’s Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks. Director Donald Brittain. Year 1985. Run Time 115min. Genre Drama. An American thug is imported to crush the Seafarers’ Union in this exploration of the corrupt state of labour management relations in Canada from the 1940s to the ‘60s.
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Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks. List. In 1949 the government recruits Banks (Maury Chaykin), a U.S. felon, to bust the communist-run Canadian Seamen's Union....
- Drama
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks is a Canadian docudrama film directed, written and produced by Donald Brittain.
