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"Why don' you do somethin' sensible," He said, "stead o' bidin' there‘ollerin’ and carryin' on like you was skirmish? You wants go'n get some cloze on, then you c'n go 'n put 'im in that old cage what's in the shed. One what you 'ad for they budgies.'"
— Mr. Cane agrees to helping Hazel in the novel.

Mr. Cane is a farmer at Nuthanger Farm. He is the husband to Mrs. Cane and the father to Lucy. He is named John in the film and Tom in the miniseries (Revealed in The Raid).

Biography[]

Book and film[]

Mr. Cane appears with someone else after Hazel frees the Nuthanger Farm does. Mr. Cane points the escaped does out and shoots Hazel. He doesn't appear again afterwards.

TV series[]

In the episode "The Raid" he is seen shooting Hazel from a distance after Hazel raids the farm,

In the episode "The Market" of the Watership Down TV series, it revealed that Mr. Cane and his dog Duster work at a marketplace to sell the crops from Nuthanger Farm for a living.

Miniseries[]

His personality changes in the miniseries, he is more antagonistic than the other adaptations.

Mr. Cane miniseries

In the episode "The Raid", his voice can be heard talking to Mrs. Cane. Later on after Hazel escapes with the does, he seems to not care about shooting Clover after she escaped with the other hutch rabbits. His silhouette is seen with a flashlight trying to find Hazel. When Mrs. Cane tells him he better not have shot any of Lucy's but he replied saying it was a wild one.

When he sees blood, he says he told her that he shot it and returns to the farm with the only two does that were caught.

Graphic novel[]

Coming soon!

Gallery[]

Film[]

TV Series[]

Miniseries[]

Coming soon.

Graphic Novel[]

Coming soon.

Trivia[]

  • His voice actor is never credited in any of the adaptations he was in.
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