I Thank a Fool (1962)

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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?

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 & Crew

Director
Robert Stevens
  • Profile picture of Susan Hayward
    Christine Allison Susan Hayward
  • Profile picture of Peter Finch
    Stephen Dane Peter Finch
  • Profile picture of Diane Cilento
    Liane Dane Diane Cilento
  • Profile picture of Cyril Cusack
    Captain Ferris Cyril Cusack
  • Profile picture of Kieron Moore
    Roscoe Kieron Moore
  • Profile picture of Richard Wattis
    Ebblington Richard Wattis
  • Profile picture of Athene Seyler
    Aunt Heather Chandler Athene Seyler
  • Profile picture of Miriam Karlin
    Woman in the Black Maria Miriam Karlin

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