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Life for Ruth

6.6 93 mins Drama   1962
Allied Film Makers  
Director(s): 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.

Casts of Life for Ruth

Michael Craig

as John Harris

Patrick McGoohan

as Dr Brown

Janet Munro

as Pat Harris

Paul Rogers

as Hart Jacobs

Malcolm Keen

as Mr Harris Sr

Megs Jenkins

as Mrs Gordon

Michael Bryant

as John's Counsel

Leslie Sands

as Clyde

Norman Wooland

as Counsel for the Crown

John Barrie

as Mr Gordon

Walter Hudd

as Judge

Michael Aldridge

as Harvard

Basil Dignam

as Mapleton

Frank Finlay

as Teddy's Father

Maureen Pryor

as Teddy's Mother

Kenneth J. Warren

as Sergeant Finley

Ellen McIntosh

as Duty Sister

John Welsh

as Marshall

Freddy Ramsey

as Teddy

Lynn Taylor

as Ruth

Brian Wilde

as Newspaper Photographer

Charles Simon

as Custody Sergeant

Frank Gatliff

as Barrister

Victor Harrington

as Court Clerk

Alastair Hunter

as Jury Foreman

Philip Ray

as Curate

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