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Life for Ruth

Life for Ruth

7,0 /10 (12 Votes)
1962 EN 93 min

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.

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Release date

06/09/1962

Votes

12

Popularity

0.5

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

93 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-22

⭐ 7

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 Munro) but when he discovers that they have religious convictions that will not permit this intervent…

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