The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
Richard Laxton, 2022-
The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe
David Leigh, 2022
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe is a TV mini-series directed by Richard Laxton in 2022 and inspired by the book The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: The true story of Anne Darwin and ‘Canoe Man’ John by David Leigh, first published in 2022. The TV series features Monica Dolan, Eddie Marsan, Mark Stanley, Dominic Applewhite, Carrie Cohen, Ellis Jones, and others.
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Storyline
Suffocated by debts, prison officer John Darwin pretended to drown in a canoe accident so his wife could make fraudulent claims on their insurance. Anne Darwin played the grieving widow whilst police investigated his disappearance. Yet all along John Darwin was living in an apartment in the house next door to his wife, regularly visiting her through an interconnecting passage. Devastated by the loss of their father, neither of their sons had an inkling their parents had betrayed them.
Movie vs Book
Year
2022
Minutes
184
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
Director: Richard Laxton
Country: UK
Year: 2022-
Length: 3hs4m / 4 episodes
Year
2022
Pages
339
Book Rate
9.08
S: Goodreads
Book
The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe
Subtitle: The true story of Anne Darwin and 'Canoe Man' John
Author: David Leigh
Country: UK
First published in: 2022
Length: 339 pages
Genre: Fiction
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