Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

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Monday, November 12th, 2012
6:30 PM

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster, 105 min, 2011
The story of notorious Canadian bank robber Edwin Boyd, beginning with his return from duty in the Second World War. Dismayed by public indifference toward veterans, humiliated by his inability to provide for his children and his wife Doreen , and seeing only disappointment in the face of his policeman father, Eddie resorts to unlawful activity. What starts as small time bank robberies, evolves over time�and with experience�into a career that turns Boyd into postwar Toronto's public enemy number one. Electric performances by Scott Speedman as Boyd and Kevin Durand his accomplice. A really riveting film based on real life events. more.

The film took home the TIFF prize for best first Canadian feature 2011 R

There's a solid Victoria connection to this story: Boyd settled here and became a model citizen!
cast: Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Joseph Cross,Brendan Fletcher