I Thank a Fool

5.5
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 100 min
  • Premiere: 1962. September 14.

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.

Discover

Susan Hayward

Christine Allison

Peter Finch

Stephen Dane

Diane Cilento

Liane Dane

Cyril Cusack

Captain Ferris

Richard Wattis

Ebblington

Athene Seyler

Aunt Heather Chandler

Miriam Karlin

Woman in the Black Maria

J.G. Devlin

Coroner

Richard Leech

Irish Doctor

Brenda De Banzie

Nurse Drew

Marguerite Brennan

Irish Barmaid

Judith Furse

1st Wardress

Peter Sallis

Sleazy Doctor

Joan Benham

Restaurant Manager

Joan Hickson

Landlady

Edwin Apps

Junior Counsel (uncredited)

Grace Arnold

2nd Wardress (uncredited)

Paul Beradi

Barrister (uncredited)

Ernest Blyth

Court Official (uncredited)

Donald Gray

Polly's Husband (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Barrister (uncredited)

Peter Vaughan

Police Inspector (uncredited)

Fred Wood

Marquee Observor (uncredited)

Art

Sean Kenny

Production Design

Pamela Cornell

Set Dresser

Pamela Cornell

Set Decoration

Camera

Harry Waxman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Tony Sforzini

Makeup Artist

Joan Johnstone

Hairstylist

Elizabeth Haffenden

Costume Design

Directing

Robert Stevens

Director

David Tomblin

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Roy Parkinson

Associate Producer

Irene Howard

Casting

Basil Somner

Production Manager

Sound

Ron Goodwin

Original Music Composer