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?
1962 | 100m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Robert Stevens |
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| Writer: | Audrey Erskine-Lindop, Karl Tunberg |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 14, 1962 |
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| Director: | Robert Stevens |
| Writer: | Audrey Erskine-Lindop, Karl Tunberg |
| Genres: | Drama |
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| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, De Grunwald Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Guy Standeven | Barrister (uncredited) |
| Peter Vaughan | Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| Fred Wood | Marquee Observor (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Audrey Erskine-Lindop | Novel |
| Robert Stevens | Director |
| Pamela Cornell | Set Dresser, Set Decoration |
| Ron Goodwin | Original Music Composer |
| Harry Waxman | Director of Photography |
| Frank Clarke | Editor |
| Sean Kenny | Production Design |
| Elizabeth Haffenden | Costume Design |
| Joan Johnstone | Hairstylist |
| Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Basil Somner | Production Manager |
| David Tomblin | Assistant Director |
| Karl Tunberg | Writer |
| Irene Howard | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roy Parkinson | Associate Producer |
| Anatole de Grunwald | Producer |
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