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Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews (1977)

Directed by Tony Richardson
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A lady's secrets. A servant's lust. A lover's betrayal.

1h 39min

Overall average

5.0/10

Plot

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.

Full cast

ActorRole
Kenneth CranhamThe Wicked Squire
Karen DotricePamela
James VilliersMr. Booby
Penelope WiltonMrs. Wilton
Bernard BresslawParson Trulliber
Norman RossingtonGaffer Andrews
Patsy RowlandsGammer Andrews
Murray MelvinBeau Didapper
Ronald PickupMr. Wilson
Peggy AshcroftLady Tattle
Pauline JamesonLady Tittle
Timothy WestMr. Tow-Wouse
Wendy CraigMrs. Tow-Wouse
Vanessa MillardBetty
John GielgudThe Doctor
Hugh GriffithSquire Western
Dan MeadenCoach Driver
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Gerald CrossLawyer in Coach
Jenny RunacreThe Gypsy
Patrick DurkinTrotter
Jonathan CecilFop One
Vernon DobtcheffFop Two
Steven BerkoffGreasy Fellow
Gawn GraingerScout
Chris BryantWicked Squire's Steward
Helen FraserMrs. Adams
Willoughby GoddardFourposter Innkeeper
Richard GooldenSquire Western's Clerk
Del HenneyDidapper's Valet
Nigel HumphreysBirdcatcher
Tim Pigott-SmithCornet
Brian GloverGaoler
Stefan GatesYoung Joseph
Shannon SkinnerYoung Pamela
George RaistrickBooby Steward
Declan MulhollandResurrectionist
Sandra DorneWhore in Traffic Jam
Ken MasonDancing Master
Timothy BatesonMaster of Hounds
Janet WebbFat Nun
Maggie WrightFirst Nun
Michael BalfourRuffian
Robert AshbyRuffian
Kurt ChristianGypsy
Gurdial SiraGypsy
Neil FitzwiliamMr. Wilson's Companion
Ken ParryMr. Wilson's Companion
Henry WoolfMr. Wilson's Companion
Alfred LynchPostilion (as Alfie Lynch)
Bernard BresslawParson Trulliber (uncredited)
Carol Drinkwater(uncredited)

Genres

RomanceComedy

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleJoseph Andrews
Original languageEnglish (EN)
Spoken languagesEnglish
Production countriesUnited Kingdom
StatusReleased
Production companiesWoodfall Film Productions, Paramount Pictures
Release date9 marzo 1977
ProductionAnna Cottle, Neil Hartley
WriterHenry Fielding, Chris Bryant, Allan Scott, Tony Richardson
EditingThom Noble
CinematographyDavid Watkin, Freddie Cooper, Paul Wilson, Keith Hamshere
Assistant directorsAndrew Grieve, Tony Richardson
Camera operatorsFreddie Cooper, Paul Wilson, Keith Hamshere, David Watkin
Additional photographyFreddie Cooper, Paul Wilson, Keith Hamshere, David Watkin
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Release dates

Theatrical release

United States / Mar 09, 1977 / R

TV

Germany / Nov 26, 2013 / 16

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