Love Among the Ruins (1975)
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67% want to see it
(16 ratings)
Made for television, Love Among the Ruins was a precious one-time-only collaboration between stars Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Oliver, and director George Cukor. The scene is Victorian London, where wealthy widow Hepburn is being sued for breach of promise by her much-younger ex-fiance. Olivier… More Made for television, Love Among the Ruins was a precious one-time-only collaboration between stars Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Oliver, and director George Cukor. The scene is Victorian London, where wealthy widow Hepburn is being sued for breach of promise by her much-younger ex-fiance. Olivier is the highly respected barrister engaged to defend Hepburn in court. The usually reserved Olivier relishes the opportunity to see Hepburn, who 40 years earlier had been his lover. He is driven to hilarious distraction by Hepburn's adamant insistence that she has never seen him before in her life! Written by Emmy-winning TV veteran James Costigan, Love Among the Ruins was first telecast March 6, 1975. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Cukor
- Genres
- Television, Romance, Comedy
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
A slender, stale yarn, set in the Edwardian period in which Olivier plays an elderly barrister who enocunters the love of his life, a famous actress (Hepbrun). Main reason to see this telepic is star power--the only teaming of Olivier and Hepburn.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a pifle, but an utterly charming one.
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Cast
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Edward Arthur
as 4th Barrister
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Colin Blakely
as J.F. Devine
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John Blythe
as Tipstall
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John Heller
as Headwaiter
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Katharine Hepburn
as Jessica Medlicott
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Arthur Hewlett
as The Usher
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Leigh Lawson
as Alfred Pratt
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Gwen Nelson
as Hermione Davis
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Richard Pearson
as Druce
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Joan Sims
as Fanny Pratt
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Laurence Olivier
as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
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Frank Forsyth
as Jessop
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Colin Thomas
as 2nd Barrister
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John Dunbar
as The Clerk of the Court
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Robert H. Harris
as The Judge
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Peter Lund
as 2nd Reporter
