Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Citizen Gangster is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed and written by Nathan Morlando. Scott Speedman stars as Canadian gangster and folk hero Edwin Alonzo Boyd.

A veteran of World War II, Edwin Boyd Scott Speedman is disillusioned and barely getting by as a Toronto bus driver. With his wife Doreen Kelly Reilly, whom he met in England during the war, and two young children to support, he finds it increasingly difficult to make ends meet. Adding to his dissatisfaction, Boyd has deep, unfulfilled dreams of making it as a star in Hollywood, a desire frowned upon by his retired policeman father Brian Cox. Coxs portrayal shows a man who disapproves of his sons life and terrible decisions but is made more poignant by his sad attempts to maintain a fatherson relationship.In a moment of desperation, Boyd grabs an old pistol, disguises his face with theatrical greasepaint, and goes out to rob a bank this sets off a series of events leading to one of Canadas most infamous crime sprees. ........

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