Optical transmission spectra are very sensitive to inhomogeneities of thin ¢lms. In particular, non-uniform ¢lm thickness leads to shrinking of the transmission spectrum at normal incidence. This non-uniformity has to be taken into account, because its ignorance may lead to serious errors in the calculated values of the refractive index and the ¢lm thickness. This paper presents a method, which transforms the optical transmission spectrum of a wedge-shaped thin ¢lm into a spectrum of a uniform ¢lm whose thickness is equal to the average thickness of the non-uniform ¢lm. This allows to calculating the refractive index, the average thickness, as well as a parameter indicating the degree of ¢lm thickness uniformity. The method is successfully applied to wedge-shaped obliquely-deposited chalcogenide glass thin ¢lms of chemical composition GeS 2 . The dispersion of the refractive index in the subgap region is discussed in terms of the Wemple-DiDomenico singleoscillator model. The optical-absorption edge is described using the `non-direct transition' model suggested by Tauc, and the optical gap is calculated by Tauc's extrapolation. Far-infrared spectroscopy has been used to clearly complement the results derived from the present optical measurements.