Mistress Pamela

Mistress Pamela
Mistress Pamela
	British quad poster
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

^ "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.