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I Thank a Fool

I Thank a Fool1962

★6.1100 minDrama

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.

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Writer

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Stars

Susan Hayward Peter Finch Diane Cilento

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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
M
Marguerite Brennan
as Irish Barmaid
Judith Furse
as 1st Wardress
Peter Sallis
as Sleazy Doctor
Joan Benham
as Restaurant Manager
Joan Hickson
as Landlady
E
Edwin Apps
as Junior Counsel (uncredited)
Grace Arnold
as 2nd Wardress (uncredited)
P
Paul Beradi
as Barrister (uncredited)
E
Ernest Blyth
as Court Official (uncredited)
Donald Gray
as Polly's Husband (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as Barrister (uncredited)
Peter Vaughan
as Police Inspector (uncredited)
F
Fred Wood
as Marquee Observor (uncredited)

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