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Life for Ruth

1962
Directed byBasil Dearden
1h 33m

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 CraigJohn HarrisPatrick McGoohanDr BrownJanet Munro
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Norman WoolandCounsel for the Crown
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.7

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