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I Thank a Fool
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?
6.1(7)19621h 40m
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.
- Director
- Robert Stevens
- Writers
- Karl Tunberg
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Cast

Susan Hayward
Christine Allison

Peter Finch
Stephen Dane

Diane Cilento
Liane Dane

Cyril Cusack
Captain Ferris

Kieron Moore
Roscoe

Richard Wattis
Ebblington

Athene Seyler
Aunt Heather Chandler

Miriam Karlin
Woman in the Black Maria

Laurence Naismith
O'Grady

J.G. Devlin
Coroner

Clive Morton
Judge

Richard Leech
Irish Doctor

Brenda De Banzie
Nurse Drew

Yolande Turner
Polly
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)
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Crew
Directing
- Robert StevensDirector
- David TomblinAssistant Director
Writing
- Audrey Erskine-LindopNovel
- Karl TunbergWriter
Production
- Anatole de GrunwaldProducer
- Roy ParkinsonAssociate Producer
- Irene HowardCasting
- Basil SomnerProduction Manager
Camera
- Harry WaxmanDirector of Photography
Editing
- Frank ClarkeEditor
Sound
- Ron GoodwinOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Sean KennyProduction Design
- Pamela CornellSet Decoration
- Pamela CornellSet Dresser
Costume & Make-Up
- Elizabeth HaffendenCostume Design
- Joan JohnstoneHairstylist
- Tony SforziniMakeup Artist