Mistress Pamela

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Mistress Pamela
"Mistress Pamela" (1974).jpg
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Directed by Jim O'Connolly
Written byJim O'Connolly
Based onthe novel by Samuel Richardson
Produced byJim O'Connolly
Starring Ann Michelle
Julian Barnes
Dudley Foster
Anna Quayle
Anthony Sharp
Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson
Edited by Fergus McDonell
Music by David Whitaker
Production
company
Merlot Film Productions
Distributed by Anglo-EMI (UK)
Fanfare Films (USA)
Release date
  • November 1973 (1973-11)(UK release)
Running time
91 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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 is loosely based on the 1740 novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson. [2]

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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

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "What the makers clearly had in mind was Carry On Tom Jones [1963]." [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]

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References

  1. "Mistress Pamela". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. "Mistress Pamela". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  3. "Miss Pamela". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 40 (468): 253. 1 January 1973 via ProQuest.
  4. "Mistress Pamela". Time Out London.