'''''The Story of Ruth''''' is a 1960 American film directed by '''Henry Koster''', and released by [[wikipedia:20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox]]. The screenplay, written by Norman Corwin, is an adaptation of the [[Bible|biblical]] [[Book of Ruth]]. The film stars [[wikipedia:Stuart Whitman|Stuart Whitman]] as [[Boaz]], [[wikipedia:Tom Tryon|Tom Tryon]] as [[Mahlon and Chilion|Mahlon]], [[wikipedia:Peggy Wood|Peggy Wood]] as [[Naomi (Bible)|Naomi]], [[wikipedia:Viveca Lindfors|Viveca Lindfors]] as Eleilat, [[wikipedia:Jeff Morrow|Jeff Morrow]] as Tob, and introduces [[wikipedia:Elana Eden|Elana Eden]] as [[Ruth]].