| Mistress Pamela | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Jim O'Connolly | 
| Written by | Jim O'Connolly | 
| Based on | the novel by Samuel Richardson | 
| Produced by | Jim 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 (UK release) | 
Running time  | 91 min | 
| Country | United Kingdom | 
| Language | English | 
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]
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 [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]
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.
 
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