Life for Ruth
1962 · 93 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 317 VOTES · DIR. Basil Dearden
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 372 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
01:02:37 What are you doing?
01:03:18 I need you back here with me.
01:04:48 Fuck! Move it!
01:06:04 I fight till the end.
01:06:48 In transit, I bust out, make my way to Mexico.
01:07:41 You feel me, baby?
01:08:39 Okay, cover the mess.
01:10:04 who's already watched his wife get...
01:11:04 CNN, ABC, MTV...
01:12:20 - You know this as well as I do! - I don't wanna hear it!
01:14:14 Yo, Yank.
01:18:17 - You gotta be kiddin' me. - Try me.
01:21:20 Holy shit! It's Jack!
01:24:43 I got nothin'.
01:26:14 Show yourself! I'll blow your fuckin' balls off!
01:29:37 Jack. No, no.
01:30:37 People like to watch violence.
01:31:49 Hey, Breck, check it out.
01:32:49 Hi.
01:33:56 Stop! Please, no. Don't!
01:35:29 Keep him here. I'll be right back.
01:38:34 Shut up!
01:41:36 Sit.
01:42:31 Good thing it's over.
Cast & Characters
Michael Craig
John Paul Harris
Patrick McGoohan
Doctor James 'Jim' Brown
Janet Munro
Pat Harris
Paul Rogers
Counsel Hart Jacobs
Malcolm Keen
Mr. Harris Sr.
Megs Jenkins
Mrs. Gordon
Michael Bryant
John's counsel
Leslie Sands
Clyde - newspaper editor
Norman Wooland
Counsel for the Crown
John Barrie
Mr. Gordon
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed372
Dialogue density4.0 lines / min
First line01:02:37
Final line01:42:31
Production Record
DirectorBasil Dearden
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes317