Love Among the Ruins

Love Among the Ruins

100 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | March 6, 1975

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.

Love Among the Ruins

100 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | March 6, 1975

Love Among the Ruins
An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers
Original title Love Among the Ruins
Directors Chris Kenny, Colin M. Brewer, George Cukor, Andy Armstrong
Writers Don Black, James Costigan

Cast

Katharine Hepburn

as Jessica Medlicott

Laurence Olivier

as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones

Richard Pearson

as George Druce

Colin Blakely

as J.F. Devine

Joan Sims

as Fanny Pratt

Leigh Lawson

as Alfred Pratt

Gwen Nelson

as Hermione Davis

Robert Harris

as The Judge

Peter Reeves

as Maiden

John Blythe

as Tipstall

Arthur Hewlett

as The Usher

John Dunbar

as Clerk of the Court

Ian Sinclair

as Pratt's Solicitor

Mervyn Pascoe

as 1st Barrister

Colin Thomas

as 2nd Barrister

Lincoln Wright

as 3rd Barrister

Edward Arthur

as 4th Barrister

John Bromley

as 5th Barrister

Leslie Southwick

as 6th Barrister

Stanley Platts

as Foreman of the Jury

Philip Lennard

as 1st Reporter

Peter Lund

as 2nd Reporter

Frank Forsyth

as Jessop

John G. Heller

as Headwaiter

Rosamond Burne

as 1st Woman Spectator

Carol Fairweather

as 2nd Woman Spectator

Jacqueline Clarke

as Miss Pratt

T.C. Hogan

as Teplow

Ernest Blyth

as Jury Member (Uncredited)

John Tatham

as Jury Member (Uncredited)