I Thank a Fool

I Thank a Fool

100 mins | Drama | Sept. 14, 1962

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.

I Thank a Fool

100 mins | Drama | Sept. 14, 1962

I Thank a Fool
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, De Grunwald Productions
Original title I Thank a Fool
Directors Robert Stevens
Writers Audrey Erskine-Lindop, Karl Tunberg

Cast

Susan Hayward

as Christine Allison

Peter Finch

as Stephen Dane

Diane Cilento

as Liane Dane

Cyril Cusack

as Captain Ferris

Kieron Moore

as Roscoe

Richard Wattis

as Ebblington

Athene Seyler

as Aunt Heather Chandler

Miriam Karlin

as Woman in the Black Maria

Laurence Naismith

as O'Grady

J.G. Devlin

as Coroner

Clive Morton

as Judge

Richard Leech

as Irish Doctor

Brenda De Banzie

as Nurse Drew

Yolande Turner

as Polly

Marguerite Brennan

as Irish Barmaid

Judith Furse

as 1st Wardress

Peter Sallis

as Sleazy Doctor

Joan Benham

as Restaurant Manager

Joan Hickson

as Landlady

Edwin Apps

as Junior Counsel (uncredited)

Grace Arnold

as 2nd Wardress (uncredited)

Paul Beradi

as Barrister (uncredited)

Ernest Blyth

as Court Official (uncredited)

Donald Gray

as Polly's Husband (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

as Barrister (uncredited)

Peter Vaughan

as Police Inspector (uncredited)

Fred Wood

as Marquee Observor (uncredited)