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Life for Ruth( 1962)

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Overview

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.

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      Michael Craig

      John Harris

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      Patrick McGoohan

      Dr Brown

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      Janet Munro

      Pat Harris

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      Paul Rogers

      Hart Jacobs

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      Malcolm Keen

      Mr Harris Sr

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      Megs Jenkins

      Mrs Gordon

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      Michael Bryant

      John's Counsel

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      Leslie Sands

      Clyde

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      Norman Wooland

      Counsel for the Crown

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      John Barrie

      Mr Gordon

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      Walter Hudd

      Judge

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      Michael Aldridge

      Harvard

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      Basil Dignam

      Mapleton

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      Frank Finlay

      Teddy's Father

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      Maureen Pryor

      Teddy's Mother

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      Kenneth J. Warren

      Sergeant Finley

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      Ellen McIntosh

      Duty Sister

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      John Welsh

      Marshall

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      Maurice Colbourne

      Vicar

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      Freddy Ramsey

      Teddy

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      Lynn Taylor

      Ruth

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      Brian Wilde

      Newspaper Photographer

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      Charles Simon

      Custody Sergeant

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      Frank Gatliff

      Barrister

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      Victor Harrington

      Court Clerk

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      Alastair Hunter

      Jury Foreman

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      Philip Ray

      Curate

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 22 2022
    Michael Craig turns in a strong, emotional, performance in this thought provoking drama. He takes his young daughter and her friend from next door on a trip to the seaside. They get into some difficulties and though he ("Harris") manages to rescue both children, it is soon clear that his hospitalised daughter "Ruth" will need a blood transfusion if she is to survive. The doctor "Brown" (Patrick McGoohan) assumes that consent will be readily forthcoming from the father and his wife "Pat" (Janet Munro) but when he discovers that they have religious convictions that will not permit this interventi...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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