Beautiful scenery is the highlight of "I Thank a Fool," which stars Susan Hayward, Peter Finch and Diane Cilento. Finch plays a prosecutor who manages to get Hayward sentenced to prison for the mercy killing of her boyfriend. When she gets out, she has to change her name, but still, she can't get a job. Finch reappears and hires her to live in his home and take care of his unstable wife (Cilento). When she winds up dead, suspicion falls on Hayward.
This is a very uneven film that ends somewhat abruptly. It could have used a couple of scenes right before the last one. One of the posters here said the ending was no surprise. Well, it was to me. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention.
The acting is good, with Hayward in a role that calls for her to be quite somber. Peter Finch is excellent. He's very compelling and deliberately keeps his character ambiguous. Diane Cilento has the role with all the histrionics. She's exquisitely beautiful and delicate, and one does feel great sympathy for the character.
All in all, this was a rather blah experience.
This is a very uneven film that ends somewhat abruptly. It could have used a couple of scenes right before the last one. One of the posters here said the ending was no surprise. Well, it was to me. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention.
The acting is good, with Hayward in a role that calls for her to be quite somber. Peter Finch is excellent. He's very compelling and deliberately keeps his character ambiguous. Diane Cilento has the role with all the histrionics. She's exquisitely beautiful and delicate, and one does feel great sympathy for the character.
All in all, this was a rather blah experience.