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

1985
Directed byDonald Brittain
1h 55m

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.

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Maury ChaykinHarold Chamberlain BanksDonald BrittainNarrator
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Documentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.5

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