The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Three Lives of Thomasina is a 1963 British magical realist film starring Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, and child actress Karen Dotrice in a story about a cat and her influence on a family. The screenplay was written by Robert Westerby and Paul Gallico and was based upon Gallicos 1957 novel Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God. The film was directed by Don Chaffey, and shot in Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland, and Pinewood Studios, England. Thomasina has been broadcast on television and released to VHS and DVD.
Mr. MacDhui is a widower. His wifes death killed his belief in God, as well as his empathy for others. He has little sympathy for pets, preferring useful animals such as hardworking farm beasts and the blind man Tammas guide dog, Bruce.One night Thomasina is chased by dogs in the marketplace, falls from some boxes and sustains an injury. Mary and her friends find Thomasina the following day. Meanwhile, Mr. MacDhui is operating on Bruce who had been struck by a car. The doctor is interrupted during the surgery by his daughter, begging him to help her cat. He sees that Thomasinas muscles are stiff and diagnoses tetanus. ........
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