I Thank a Fool(1962)

Who is Fool? The Woman Who Would Kill for Love? The Wife Who Would Give Her Life for Her Love? Or the Husband Who Would Look "Elsewhere" for Love?

55

1h 40m

  • Drama

Overview

After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has completed her sentence, the lawyer who prosecuted Christine, Stephen Dane, hires her to care for his emotionally unstable wife, Liane. Christine takes the job, but when Liane's allegedly dead father reappears, Christine sets out to reveal the family's dark secrets.

Cast

  • Susan Hayward

    Susan Hayward

    Christine Allison

  • Peter Finch

    Peter Finch

    Stephen Dane

  • Diane Cilento

    Diane Cilento

    Liane Dane

  • Cyril Cusack

    Cyril Cusack

    Captain Ferris

  • Kieron Moore

    Kieron Moore

    Roscoe

  • Richard Wattis

    Richard Wattis

    Ebblington

  • Athene Seyler

    Athene Seyler

    Aunt Heather Chandler

  • Miriam Karlin

    Miriam Karlin

    Woman in the Black Maria

  • Laurence Naismith

    Laurence Naismith

    O'Grady

  • J.G. Devlin

    J.G. Devlin

    Coroner

  • Clive Morton

    Clive Morton

    Judge

  • Richard Leech

    Richard Leech

    Irish Doctor

  • Brenda De Banzie

    Brenda De Banzie

    Nurse Drew

  • Yolande Turner

    Yolande Turner

    Polly

  • Judith Furse

    Judith Furse

    1st Wardress

  • Peter Sallis

    Peter Sallis

    Sleazy Doctor

  • Joan Benham

    Joan Benham

    Restaurant Manager

  • Joan Hickson

    Joan Hickson

    Landlady

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    Status

    Released (Sep 14, 1962)

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