Life for Ruth
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.
- Production
- Allied Film Makers
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Cast
Michael Craig
John Harris
Patrick McGoohan
Dr Brown
Janet Munro
Pat Harris
Paul Rogers
Hart Jacobs
Malcolm Keen
Mr Harris Sr
Megs Jenkins
Mrs Gordon
Michael Bryant
John's Counsel
Leslie Sands
Clyde
Norman Wooland
Counsel for the Crown
John Barrie
Mr Gordon
Walter Hudd
Judge
Michael Aldridge
Harvard
Basil Dignam
Mapleton
Frank Finlay
Teddy's Father
Kenneth J. Warren
Sergeant Finley
John Welsh
Marshall
Maurice Colbourne
Vicar
Brian Wilde
Newspaper Photographer
Frank Gatliff
Barrister
Alastair Hunter
Jury Foreman
Crew
- Director
- Basil Dearden
- Writers
- Janet Green,James McCormick
- Producers
- Michael Relph,Basil Dearden
- Cinematography
- Otto Heller
- Composer
- William Alwyn
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CinemaSerf
June 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 M…