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.

Director

Donald Brittain

Writers

Donald Brittain, Richard Nielsen

Cast

Maury Chaykin

Producers

Paul Wright, Donald Brittain, Adam Symansky, Andy Thomson

Genre

Drama

Interests

Biography, History, Social Justice & Politics

Original Language

English

Canadian Distributor

National Film Board (NFB)