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.[1] It was written by O'Connolly loosely based on the 1740 novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson.[2]
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
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "What the makers clearly had in mind was Carry On Tom Jones."[3]
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."[4]
References
- ^ "Mistress Pamela". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Mistress Pamela". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
- ^ "Miss Pamela". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 40 (468): 253. 1 January 1973 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Mistress Pamela". Time Out London. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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