Joseph Andrews
5.6
“A lady's secrets. A servant's lust. A lover's betrayal.”
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.
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Cast
57 people
Ann-Margret
Lady Booby alias "Belle"
Known for
Going in Style
The 10th Kingdom
Peter Firth
Joseph Andrews
Known for
Spooks: The Greater Good
Risen
Michael Hordern
Parson Adams
Known for
Shōgun
Where Eagles Dare
Beryl Reid
Mrs. Slipslop
Known for
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Killing of Sister George
Jim Dale
The pedlar
Known for
Pete's Dragon
Carry On Screaming!
Natalie Ogle
Fanny Ogle
Also in
Pride and Prejudice
Shroud for a Nightingale
Peter Bull
Sir Thomas Booby
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The African Queen
Kenneth Cranham
The Wicked Squire
Known for
Rome
Maleficent
Karen Dotrice
Pamela
Known for
Mary Poppins
The Gnome-Mobile
James Villiers
Mr. Booby
Known for
House of Cards
Repulsion
Penelope Wilton
Mrs. Wilton
Known for
Downton Abbey
After Life
Bernard Bresslaw
Parson Trulliber / Parson Trulliber (uncredited)
Known for
Krull
Jabberwocky
Tony Richardson Director · Chris Bryant Screenplay Allan Scott Screenplay
Budget $3M · United States release March 9, 1977 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$3,000,000
Production
Woodfall Film Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 9, 1977
Theatrical
Germany
November 26, 2013 · TV
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