Life for Ruth

1h 33m
Drama
6.7

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 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
Maureen Pryor
Teddy's Mother
Kenneth J. Warren
Sergeant Finley
Ellen McIntosh
Duty Sister
John Welsh
Marshall
Maurice Colbourne
Vicar
Freddy Ramsey
Teddy
Lynn Taylor
Ruth
Brian Wilde
Newspaper Photographer
Charles Simon
Custody Sergeant
Frank Gatliff
Barrister
Victor Harrington
Court Clerk
Alastair Hunter
Jury Foreman
Philip Ray
Curate

Crew

Basil Dearden
Director, Producer
James McCormick
Writer
Janet Green
Writer
John D. Guthridge
Editor
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Michael Relph
Producer
William Alwyn
Music
Diana Hawkins
Publicist

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