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Joseph Andrews (1977)

R ★ 5.2/10 99 min Romance, Comedy United Kingdom English
Novel: Henry Fielding
Screenplay by: Chris Bryant, Allan Scott
Screenstory: Tony Richardson
Lyricist: Allan Scott
Streaming: Not available
A lady's secrets. A servant's lust. A lover's betrayal.

Description

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.

Top Cast

Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Lady Booby alias "Belle"
Peter Firth
Peter Firth Joseph Andrews
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern Parson Adams
Beryl Reid
Beryl Reid Mrs. Slipslop
Jim Dale
Jim Dale The pedlar
Natalie Ogle Fanny Ogle
Peter Bull
Peter Bull Sir Thomas Booby
Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham The Wicked Squire

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