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Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

(1985)

September 8, 1985• 1h 55m
70%
TMDB Score

Overview

A biographical drama that profiles the life of Hal C. Banks, a controversial American labour union leader, who came to Canada in 1949 to lead a violent fight against the rival communist shipping union. He once ruled the Canadian shipping industry, but his brutal tactics would bring his downfall.

Donald Brittain

Director

Top Billed Cast

MC

Maury Chaykin

Harold Chamberlain Banks

DB

Donald Brittain

Narrator

RT

R.H. Thomson

SM

Sean McCann

Paul Hall

FC

Frank Crudele

Reporter

TDS

Tony De Santis

Accountant

PB

Peter Boretski

MF

Marie-Hélène Fontaine

CF

Colin Fox

GR

Gary Reineke