Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

156 minutes

11/30/1989

Overview

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.

Cast List

Kate Nelligan
as JoAnn Thatcher
Kenneth Welsh
as Colin Thatcher
Robert Benson
as Jack Rutherford
Leon Pownall
as Gerry Gerrand
Brent Carver
as Tony Merchant
Stuart Hughes
as Charlie Wilde
Cedric Smith
as Tony Wilson
John Colicos
as Serge Kujawa
Thom Bell
Duncan Ollerenshaw
as Greg Thatcher
Lorna Wilson
Laura Bruneau
Victoria Snow
as Elle Hubiak
Neil Dainard
as House Speaker
Eugene Lipinski
as Garry Anderson
Doris Petrie
as Peggy Thatcher
Vicki Wauchope
as Stephanie Thatcher
Noam Zylberman
as Regan Thatcher
Guy Bannerman
as Gill Hubiak
Paula Barrett
as Susan Sweedburg-Kohli
Bernard Behrens
as Judge MacPherson
Richard Blackburn
as Cliffe Wiebe
Oliver Dennis
as Blaine Mathieson
Gillian Doria
as Marja
Jeff Grantham
as Craig Dotson
Kate Hersberger
Peter MacNeill
as Ron Graham
Christine Mitges
as Shevawn Desrosiers
Dave Nichols
as Drew Patterson
Richard Partington
as Duane Adams
Thomas Peacocke
as Dick Collver
Larry Reynolds
as Justice Maher
Gabrielle Rose
as June Graham
Roy Sallows
as Bob Murton
Judy Sinclair
as Ms. Hasz
Ralph Small
as Prison Guard
Marc Strange
as Ed Swayze
R.H. Thomson
as Gerry Allbright
Timothy Webber
as Jim Street