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Scott Speedman stars as Canadian gangster and alleged murderer Edwin Alonzo Boyd. The film originally premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival under the title Edwin Boyd, but was retitled Citizen Gangster in general release.
Citizen Gangster (2011) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Edwin and Dorreen are shown as having a boy and a girl who have several years' difference between them. The pair actually had twins during the war. Also, Dorreen's third child was conceived long before Edwin formed the Boyd Gang.
- (4.6K)
- Crime, Drama
- Nathan Morlando
- 2012-04-27
Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.
In 1998 Boyd was profiled in a documentary on CBC Television's Life and Times, wherein he admitted that he had committed many more robberies than he had been charged with. A fictionalized film on Boyd's life, Citizen Gangster, was released in 2011; Scott Speedman plays the part of Boyd. [24]
Nathan Morlando. Writer. Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star.
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Apr 27, 2012 · Drawing on the exploits of Edwin Boyd, a Canadian World War II veteran who became that country’s most infamous bank robber, this unusually cerebral crime movie chooses psychic pain over...
