Love Among the Ruins (film)
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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) | March 6, 1975 |
| Running time | 100 mins |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
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Love Among the Ruins is a 1975 television film (1975) directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Sir Laurence Olivier.
Set in Edwardian England, Love Among the Ruins tells the story of Jessica Medlicott (Hepburn), an aging grande dame of the London theater. 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.
