A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.
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Title: The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
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| Kim Novak | ... | Moll Flanders | |
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Claire Ufland | ... | Young Moll |
| Richard Johnson | ... | Jemmy | |
| Angela Lansbury | ... | Lady Blystone | |
| Leo McKern | ... | Squint | |
| Vittorio De Sica | ... | The Count | |
| George Sanders | ... | The Banker | |
| Lilli Palmer | ... | Dutchy | |
| Peter Butterworth | ... | Grunt | |
| Noel Howlett | ... | Bishop | |
| Dandy Nichols | ... | Orphanage Superintendant | |
| Cecil Parker | ... | The Mayor | |
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Barbara Couper | ... | The Mayor's wife |
| Daniel Massey | ... | Elder Brother | |
| Derren Nesbitt | ... | Younger Brother | |
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Based on Daniel Defoe's 1722 novel of the famed English adventuress Moll Flanders (Kim Novak). Moll is first engaged as a maid by an eighteenth-century English family chiefly composed of sex-starved males. She marries the imbecilic second son, who prefers booze to copulation. Too embarrassed to speak the truth of him, she demurely tells friends, "Modesty forbids me to reveal the secrets of the marriage bed." She then meets a rich banker (George Sanders), becomes maid-companion to a Count (Vittorio De Sica) and his Lady, and finally weds the banker, but leaves him on their first night together. She then joins a group of thieves, falls in love with James "Jemmy" Seagrave (Richard Johnson), and becomes their number one asset before she is sent to prison. After she is released, she finds Jemmy, and, in the end, everyone is on an America-bound boat except the banker, who fortuitously dies of a heart attack before he has had an opportunity to alter his will. Written by alfiehitchie
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The rollicking story of a ribald century that really should have been ashamed of itself!Certificate:
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In a 1966 interview with the New York Times, Terence Young revealed that he had been obliged to make fifty-nine cuts for the US release "in the interests of American morality". See more »Goofs
The tavern where Moll causes a brawl appears to have a version of Manet's painting 'Olympia' on the wall, over a hundred years before he painted it. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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10 September 1965 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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This movie has to be one that shows off Kim Novak at her most luscious. It's too bad there wasn't enough showcasing! It's also too bad that this movie was made as a COMEDY unlike the newer PBS version. The only consolation, once again, is the luscious Kim Novak.