moonspinner55 Review of I Thank a Fool

I Thank a Fool (1962)

"You can't ever kill without destroying something inside yourself!"

[5/10 · 22 August 2017]

Stripped of her medical credentials after being convicted of manslaughter for the mercy killing of her ailing married lover, Canadian doctor in London serves 18 months behind bars, only to be hired by the prosecutor once she's released. His child-like wife requires a companion after suffering brain damage from a car accident, but the doctor (very slowly) discovers the wife's real problem is mental illness, specifically paranoid schizophrenia. Middling adaptation of Audrey Erskine-Lindop's 1958 novel, ostensibly a good vehicle for star Susan Hayward, though she's rather colorless as the physician who uncovers a house full of secrets. Moderately engrossing melodrama, handsomely produced on-location in London and Ireland, but saddled with a far-fetched explanation at the finish line. ** from ****