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Love Among the Ruins
Film / 1976

Love Among the Ruins

Directed by George Cukor
DramaRomanceTV movieComedy

★ 7.0/10Audience rating

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.

The story

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.

Cast

Katharine HepburnJessica Medlicott Laurence OlivierSir Arthur Glanville-Jones Richard PearsonGeorge Druce Colin BlakelyJ.F. Devine Joan SimsFanny Pratt Leigh LawsonAlfred Pratt Gwen NelsonHermione Davis Robert HarrisThe Judge Peter ReevesMaiden John BlytheTipstall Arthur HewlettThe Usher John DunbarClerk of the Court
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Ian SinclairPratt's Solicitor Mervyn Pascoe1st Barrister Colin Thomas2nd Barrister Lincoln Wright3rd Barrister Edward Arthur4th Barrister John Bromley5th Barrister Leslie Southwick6th Barrister Stanley PlattsForeman of the Jury Philip Lennard1st Reporter Peter Lund2nd Reporter Frank ForsythJessop John G. HellerHeadwaiter Rosamond Burne1st Woman Spectator Carol Fairweather2nd Woman Spectator Jacqueline ClarkeMiss Pratt T.C. HoganTeplow Ernest BlythJury Member (Uncredited) John TathamJury Member (Uncredited) Jacqueline ClarkeMiss Pratt

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