Lady Booby alias "Belle" (Ann-Margret), the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews (Peter...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ann-Margret | ... | Lady Booby alias 'Belle' | |
| Peter Firth | ... | Joseph Andrews | |
| Michael Hordern | ... | Parson Adams | |
| Beryl Reid | ... | Mrs. Slipslop | |
| Jim Dale | ... | The pedlar | |
| Natalie Ogle | ... | Fanny Goodwill | |
| Peter Bull | ... | Sir Thomas Booby | |
| Kenneth Cranham | ... | The Wicked Squire | |
| Karen Dotrice | ... | Pamela | |
| James Villiers | ... | Mr. Booby | |
| Norman Rossington | ... | Gaffer Andrews | |
| Patsy Rowlands | ... | Gammer Andrews | |
| Murray Melvin | ... | Beau Didapper | |
| Ronald Pickup | ... | Mr. Wilson | |
| Penelope Wilton | ... | Mrs. Wilson | |
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Lady Booby alias "Belle" (Ann-Margret), the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth), a Latin pupil and protégé of Parson Adams (Sir Michael Hordern), and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill (Natalie Ogle), but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, yet Sir Thomas really seeks relief for his sick foot, 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. On his way back on foot, he falls prey to highwaymen who rob him of everything, even the clothes on his back. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the ... Written by KGF Vissers
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A lady's secrets. A servant's lust. A lover's betrayal.Parents Guide:
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31 March 1977 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Gross USA:
$839,865Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$839,865Company Credits
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Arranged by Robert Stewart (as Bob Stewart)
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This movie was shot entirely on-location in England. See more »Connections
Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Ann-Margret/Robert Mitchum/Tom Dreesen/Joseph Sorrentino (1978) See more »Soundtracks
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Funny, I never could get into Tom Jones. That it won Best Picture is a wonder to me. I just found it messy, badly filmed and edited and mostly incomprehensible. Joseph Andrews, however, is a different matter; I laughed heartily and found the whole thing to be what Tom Jones failed to be: a genuinely entertaining bawdy riot. How this film is so lowly rated mystifies me. Everything seems right, especially Ann Margaret who acts her skirt off (literally), and Peter Firth at least looks young and desirable, unlike Albert Finny who always looked too old to be romping around in the woods making a goose of himself. Such a shame this film isn't better known and more often shown.