Mistress Pamela

Mistress Pamela

British quad poster
Directed by Jim O'Connolly
Produced by Jim O'Connolly
Written by Jim O'Connolly
Based on the novel by Samuel Richardson
Starring Ann Michelle
Julian Barnes
Dudley Foster
Anna Quayle
Anthony Sharp
Music by David Whitaker
Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson
Edited by Fergus McDonell
Production
company
Merlot Film Productions
Distributed by Anglo-EMI (UK)
Fanfare Films (USA)
Release dates
January 1974 (US release)
Running time
91 min
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Mistress Pamela is a 1974 British sex comedy drama film directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Ann Michelle, Julian Barnes, Dudley Foster, Anna Quayle and Anthony Sharp. It was loosely based on the 1740 novel Pamela by Samuel Richardson.[1][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

Critical reception

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."[3]

References

  1. "Mistress Pamela". BFI.
  2. "Mistress Pamela (1974)". IMDb. 1 January 1974.
  3. "Mistress Pamela". Time Out London.
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