November 30, 1989
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Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989)

Name: Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-11-30

2h 36m

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November 30, 1989
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Plot.

Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann. When a series of court rulings over the divorce go against him, Thatcher decides a more drastic solution is needed - murder! A series of attempts on Jo-Ann's life follow, most of which don't succeed. Finally one does, and the arrogant Thatcher believes he is above the law and immune to prosecution. But his arrogance proves to be his undoing, as Crown Counsel Serge Kujawa builds a case against this psychopathic monster for 1st-degree murder - charging that Thatcher hired someone to kill his wife. The true story of one of the most disturbing stories of murder-for-hire in Canada.

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Release Date
November 30, 1989

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 36m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

based on a true story

murder for hire

tory politician

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Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher is a Canadian television miniseries, directed by Bruce Pittman and broadcast by CBC Television in 1989. Based on Maggie Siggins's 1985 book A Canadian Tragedy: JoAnn and Colin Thatcher: A Story of Love and Hate, the film dramatizes the story of Colin Thatcher, a former Canadian politician who was convicted in 1984 of the murder of his ex-wife JoAnn following their divorce.

The two-part miniseries starred Kenneth Welsh as Colin Thatcher and Kate Nelligan as JoAnn Thatcher Wilson. Its cast also included Noam Zylberman, Leon Pownall, Brent Carver, Laura Bruneau, Cedric Smith, Victoria Snow, Stuart Hughes, John Colicos, Peter MacNeill, Gabrielle Rose, R. H. Thomson, Eugene Lipinski, Timothy Webber, Doris Petrie and Lenore Zann in supporting roles.

The series aired December 3 and 4, 1989 on CBC Television. It was also subsequently broadcast in July 1990 on NBC in the United States, under the title Love and Hate: A Marriage Made in Hell.

Thatcher, who was still protesting his innocence of the murder and attempting to pursue a retrial, criticized the film as inaccurate, and sued both Siggins and the CBC in 1994 on the grounds that the film could jeopardize his chances of retrial or parole. The lawsuit was not decided in Thatcher's favour.