I Thank a Fool (1962)

  • NR
  • 09/14/1962 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 40m

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?

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.

Karl Tunberg

Writer

Audrey Erskine-Lindop

Novel

Robert Stevens

Director

Cast

Susan Hayward's headshot

Susan Hayward

Christine Allison
Peter Finch's headshot

Peter Finch

Stephen Dane
Diane Cilento's headshot

Diane Cilento

Liane Dane
Cyril Cusack's headshot

Cyril Cusack

Captain Ferris
Kieron Moore's headshot

Kieron Moore

Roscoe
Richard Wattis's headshot

Richard Wattis

Ebblington
Athene Seyler's headshot

Athene Seyler

Aunt Heather Chandler
Miriam Karlin's headshot

Miriam Karlin

Woman in the Black Maria

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