Some hero: murderer, thief, con man

"WWII vet Eddie Boyd is torn between providing for his young family and an unfulfilled dream of becoming a Hollywood star. He discovers a way to do both, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy."
What a load of bull. Boyd was a confessed murderer who strangled a 21-year old girl and her friend and stuffed their bodies in a trunk (September 1947). Boyd started in a life of crime at a young age stealing from neighbours while they were at church. He faked his own suicide knowing full well his father would be the policeman on duty in the area. In the 1930s he went out west where he became a con man and petty thief. He was caught robbing a gas station and sent to Saskatchewan penitentiary for 3 years on 18 charges, including car theft and b. and e's. He trained as a commando in the Second World War learning how to kill with his bare hands. The unsolved murders in Toronto in 1947 (which Boyd confessed to shortly before his death) were committed by someone with commando training according to the coroner. Boyd was given a good job as a streetcar driver even though he was an ex-con because his father was a well-respected cop. Boyd threw the job away to rob banks instead, saying why work for money when he could just steal it. Boyd was an "ego-driven psychopath" according to a Fifth Estate documentary.
Boyd admitted to getting away with many other robberies and crimes, including some he would have been "hung" (sic) for. He was known by other criminals as "a rat and a murderer". A policeman was killed by other members of the gang. Boyd estimated he himself got $50,000 from the bank robberies, a fortune in those days when you could buy a house for $6000. Boyd was arrested with an arsenal of guns beside his bed. He escaped from jail twice. He was convicted for 11 bank robberies and given a life sentence. He was paroled in 1962, but had his parole revoked 4 months later for a hostile attitude and consorting with a runaway girl who had just turned 16. Boyd was 48! He got out of prison in 1966. Boyd ruined many lives, including that of his own little brother who was sent to prison for helping him. The brother of the murdered girl was suspected in her death though he had a solid alibi. The family never recovered. How must Edwin Boyd, Sr. have felt, a religious man and good cop? Boyd said, "I fought against everything he told me".
Many people see Boyd as Canada's answer to Robin Hood, but the truth is he just took what he wanted. He hardly spent any time with his family. At one point he had his wife and her boyfriend thrown in jail for breaking down his door. The movie shows him caring about a disabled soldier. This is just a fantasy. (Boyd actually drove a streetcar, not a bus.) There were zero movies made in Toronto in the 1940s so the idea of an ex-con becoming a middle-aged movie star is ludicrous. As a convicted armed robber (the film ignores his prewar crimes) he certainly wouldn't even be allowed in the U.S. Boyd helped write the script for this movie so you can guess what kind of bias it has.
Some hero!