Love Among the Ruins (film)

Love Among the Ruins is a 1975 American made-for-television romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier which premiered on ABC on March 6, 1975.

Plot

The story is set in 1911, at the end of the Edwardian period. Jessica Medlicott is an aging grande dame, formerly an actress of the London theatre, accused of having met, courted, promised marriage to, and then jilted and abandoned her suitor. The much-younger ex-fiancé then files suit, seeking £50,000 in damages for breach of promise. She retains the greatest barrister in the empire, Sir Arthur Granville-Jones, to defend her. He is incidentally also a man she seduced and abandoned 40 years earlier, but who has remained hopelessly in love with her ever since.

Cast

Katharine Hepburn as Jessica Medlicott

Laurence Olivier as Sir Arthur Granville-Jones

Colin Blakely as J. F. Devine

Richard Pearson as Druce

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 Tipstaff

Arthur Hewlett as The Usher

John Dunbar as Clerk of the Court

Iain 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 Head Waiter

Rosamond Burne as 1st Woman Spectator

Coral Fairweather as 2nd Woman Spectator

Jacqueline Clarke as Miss Pratt

T. C. Hogan as Teplow

Awards and nominations

See also

List of British films of 1975

References

External links

1975 television films

1975 films

1970s romantic comedy-drama films

British romantic comedy-drama films

Emmy Award-winning programs

Peabody Award-winning broadcasts

Films set in the 1910s

Films set in 1911

Films set in England

Films shot in England

Romantic period films

Films directed by George Cukor

Films shot at Pinewood Studios

ABC Motion Pictures films

1970s British films

British comedy-drama television films