
Owning Mahowny
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value restrained true-crime dramas about psychological compulsion, institutional vulnerability, and the quiet mechanics of a life unraveling.
- Tone
- bleak, tense, cerebral
- Payoff
- unease, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- addiction, compulsion, financial corruption, secrecy, self-destruction
- Setting
- late twentieth-century, urban financial offices and casino interiors