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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.
- A Canadian Tragedy: JoAnn and Colin Thatcher: A Story of Love and Hate by Maggie Siggins
- Suzette Couture
Jul 15, 1990 · With Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Welsh, Robert Benson, Leon Pownall. Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife JoAnn. When the court rules in JoAnn's favor, Colin hires a hit man to kill her--and almost gets away with it.
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- Drama
- Francis Mankiewicz
- 1990-07-15
1 h 37 min. 16+. How far will one man go to win a custody battle? A riveting, true story of how a manipulative politician almost got away with murder. When JoAnn Thatcher is found murdered her ex-husband Colin tries to wield his considerable power and influence to cast blame on someone else.
In 1985, author Maggie Siggins wrote the book A Canadian Tragedy: JoAnn and Colin Thatcher: A Story of Love and Hate. A two-part television mini-series based on the book called Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher was produced by CBC Television in 1989, starring Kenneth Welsh as Colin Thatcher and Kate Nelligan as JoAnn Thatcher ...
- Saskatchewan Liberal Party (1975-1977)
- JoAnn Wilson
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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!