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Film / 1962
Life for Ruth
Directed by
Basil Dearden
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
The story
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
Cast
Michael CraigJohn Harris
Patrick McGoohanDr Brown
Janet MunroPat Harris
Paul RogersHart Jacobs
Malcolm KeenMr Harris Sr
Megs JenkinsMrs Gordon
Michael BryantJohn's Counsel
Leslie SandsClyde
Norman WoolandCounsel for the Crown
John BarrieMr Gordon
Walter HuddJudge
Michael AldridgeHarvard
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Basil DignamMapleton
Frank FinlayTeddy's Father
Maureen PryorTeddy's Mother
Kenneth J. WarrenSergeant Finley
Ellen McIntoshDuty Sister
John WelshMarshall
Maurice ColbourneVicar
Freddy RamseyTeddy
Lynn TaylorRuth
Brian WildeNewspaper Photographer
Charles SimonCustody Sergeant
Frank GatliffBarrister
Victor HarringtonCourt Clerk
Alastair HunterJury Foreman
Philip RayCurate
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