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词条 Life for Ruth
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Critical reception

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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| name = Life for Ruth
| image = "Life_for_Ruth"_(1962).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Basil Dearden
| producer = Basil Dearden
Michael Relph
| writer = Janet Green
| narrator =
| starring = Michael Craig
Patrick McGoohan
Janet Munro
| music = William Alwyn
| cinematography = Otto Heller
| editing = John D. Guthridge
| studio = Allied Film Makers
| distributor = Rank (UK)
| released = 30 August 1962 (World Premiere, London)
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = £126,800[1]
| gross = £53,788 (by 1971)[1]
}}

Life for Ruth is a 1962 British drama film produced by Michael Relph directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan and Janet Munro.

The film had its World Premiere on 30 August 1962 at the Leicester Square Theatre in London's West End.[2]

Plot

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 as John Harris
  • Patrick McGoohan as Doctor 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
  • Maureen Pryor as Teddy's mother
  • Kenneth J. Warren as Sergeant Finley
  • Ellen McIntosh as Duty sister
  • Frank Finlay as Teddy's father
  • John Welsh as Marshall
  • Maurice Colbourne as Vicar
  • Freddy Ramsey as Teddy
  • Lynn Taylor as Ruth
  • Brian Wilde as Newspaper photographer (uncredited)

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote of the film, "in avoiding blatant bias, mawkish sentimentality and theatrical flamboyance, it makes a statement that is dramatic, powerful and provocative."[3]

See also

  • Jehovah's Witnesses and blood transfusions

References

1. ^Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p248
2. ^The Times online archive 30/8/1962 page 2
3. ^{{cite web|author=A.H. Weiler |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01E6DE153DE532A25751C1A96F9C946791D6CF |title=Movie Review - Life For Ruth - Screen: Faith and Law:'Walk in the Shadow' Is Disturbingly Real |publisher=NYTimes.com |date=1966-09-12 |accessdate=2014-03-13}}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0056181}}
{{Basil Dearden}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Life For Ruth}}{{1960s-UK-film-stub}}

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