Mistress Pamela
Mistress Pamela is a 1973 British sex comedy drama film directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Ann Michelle, Dudley Foster, Anna Quayle and Anthony Sharp. It was loosely based on the 1740 novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson.[1][2]
| Mistress Pamela | |
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| Directed by | Jim O'Connolly |
| Produced by | Jim O'Connolly |
| Written by | Jim O'Connolly |
| Based on | the novel by Samuel Richardson |
| Starring | Ann Michelle Julian Barnes Dudley Foster Anna Quayle Anthony Sharp |
| Music by | David Whitaker |
| Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Edited by | Fergus McDonell |
Production company | Merlot Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Anglo-EMI (UK) Fanfare Films (USA) |
Release date | November 1973 (UK release) |
Running time | 91 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
In the eighteenth century, Pamela, a servant girl in the household of Lord Devenish, must fight off the advances of her young master - a gentleman determined to have Pamela as his mistress.
Cast
- Ann Michelle as Pamela Andrews
- Julian Barnes as Lord Robert Devenish
- Dudley Foster as Jonathan
- Anna Quayle as Mrs Jelks
- Anthony Sharp as Longman
- Rosemarie Dunham as Mistress Blimper
- Derek Fowlds as Sir Percy
- Ken Parry as Parson
- Fred Emney as Dr Livesey
- Frederic Abbott as John Andrews
- Marianne Stone as Katie
Critical reception
Time Out wrote, "Richardson's 18th century classic Pamela clearly dredged up for its bawdy possibilities...About all the film has in common with the original is a notable lack of humour."[3]
References
- "Mistress Pamela". BFI.
- "Mistress Pamela (1974)". IMDb. 1 January 1974.
- "Mistress Pamela". Time Out London.
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