Love Among the Ruins (film)
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| Love Among the Ruins | |
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Produced by | Allan Davis |
| Written by | James Costigan |
| Starring | Katharine Hepburn Laurence Olivier |
| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
| Editing by | John F. Burnett |
| Distributed by | American Broadcasting Company |
| Release date(s) | 6 March 1975 |
| Running time | 100 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Love Among the Ruins is a 1975 British television film (1975) directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Sir Laurence Olivier. It first aired on ABC-TV, in the U.S.
Set in Edwardian England, Love Among the Ruins tells the story of Jessica Medlicott (Hepburn), an aging grande dame, formerly an actress of the London theatre. When Medlicott is accused by a young man of seducing and then abandoning him, she retains the services of the greatest barrister in Britain (Olivier), who turns out to be a former suitor still in love with her.
The show took home several Emmy Awards, including Hepburn and Olivier for Outstanding Performance, and Cukor for Outstanding Directing.
Cast [edit]
- Katharine Hepburn ... Jessica Medlicott
- Laurence Olivier ... Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
- Colin Blakely ... J.F. Devine
- Richard Pearson ... Druce
- Joan Sims ... Fanny Pratt
- Leigh Lawson ... Alfred Pratt
- Gwen Nelson ... Hermione Davis
- Robert Harris ... The Judge
- Peter Reeves ... Maiden
- John Blythe ... Tipstall
- Arthur Hewlett ... The Usher
- John Dunbar ... The Clerk of the Court
- Ian Sinclair ... Pratt's Solicitor
- Mervyn Pascoe ... 1st Barrister
- Colin Thomas ... 2nd Barrister
- Lincoln Wright ... 3rd Barrister
- Edward Arthur ... 4th Barrister
- John Bromley ... 5th Barrister
- Leslie Southwick ... 6th Barrister
- Stanley Platts ... Foreman of the Jury
- Philip Lennard ... 1st Reporter
- Peter Lund ... 2nd Reporter
- Frank Forsyth ... Jessop
- John G. Heller ... Headwaiter
- Rosamond Burne ... 1st Woman Spectator
- Carol Fairweather ... 2nd Woman Spectator
- Jacqueline Clarke ... Miss Pratt
- T.C. Hogan ... Teplow
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