Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989) (TV)

Director:

Francis Mankiewicz

Writers:

Suzette Couture (writer)
Maggie Siggins (book)

Release Date:

15 July 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Politician | Canada | Murder For Hire | Murder Suspect

Awards:

5 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Kate Nelligan	...	JoAnn Thatcher
Kenneth Welsh	...	Colin Thatcher
Robert Benson	...	Jack Rutherford
Leon Pownall	...	Gerry Gerrand
Brent Carver	...	Tony Merchant
Thom Bell
Duncan Ollerenshaw	...	Greg Thatcher
Lorna Wilson
Laura Bruneau
Cedric Smith	...	Tony Wilson
Victoria Snow	...	Ellie Hubiak
Barry Stevens	...	Government Minister
Neil Dainard	...	House Speaker
Stuart Hughes	...	Charlie Wilde
Eugene Lipinski	...	Garry Anderson

Also Known As:

Love and Hate: A Marriage Made in Hell

Runtime:

USA:120 min | Canada:156 min | Argentina:120 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Quotes:

Crown Attorney: [exasperated at his failed attempts to crack Thatcher's resolve] You've taken DENY, DENY, DENY to whole new heights, haven't you?
Colin Thatcher: I'm sorry you're not getting the answers you're looking for.
Crown Attorney: You're not sorry! You're just evasive!

Thatcher may be Innocent.

I had the chance to meet Mr. Thatcher 12 years after I saw this movie. Seeing the movie and actually meeting the man in person was quite the experience. He had wished me luck in my future. The place I met him was in Saskatchewan Penitentiary while he was facing charges for threatening an R.C.M.P. officer during his 2001 Judicial Review. I walked around the prison yard with him and he described his years in prison. I asked him if he did the crime and he looked me straight in the eye and told me that he didn't. There is something that happens in a person's eye pupils if they are lying and that sure didn't happen when he said he didn't kill his wife. He may have not been the Father or Husband of the year but that doesn't mean he is a murderer. Since Canada has abolished the Death Penalty back on July 17, 1976, the police forces of Canada (R.C.M.P, E.P.S., W.P.S. etc. etc.) have been laying more and more 1st Degree Murder charges based on circumstantial evidence. Don't forget Canada rarely used DNA evidence like they do now so ask yourselves "Could there be possibly another innocent man in prison?" AGAIN. I believe his eldest son Greg Thatcher may have been the killer all along because he also hated his mom too based on the hatred that instilled in him by Mr. Thatcher back in the 80's. I have followed the case since the movie in 89 and read all the Appeal decisions regarding the case and I know come to a serious conclusion that this man is really innocent !!