I Thank a Fool

This courtroom drama and murder mystery concerns the conduct of Dr. Christine Allison (Susan Hayward). The Canadian physician follows her lover to England to care for him during an illness. When his illness is found to be incurable, he requests a lethal dose of morphine from her to end his suffering. Christine is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the lay by attorney Stephen Dane (Peter Finch). After a two year jail term, Dane offers her a job caring for his flighty, bed-ridden wife who ha...