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Joseph Andrews
“A lady's secrets. A servant's lust. A lover's betrayal.”
5.2 / 10• 1977• 1h 39m•R• English
RomanceComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ann-Margret
Lady Booby alias "Belle"
Lead
Peter Firth
Joseph Andrews
Michael Hordern
Parson Adams
Beryl Reid
Mrs. Slipslop
Jim Dale
The pedlar
NO
Natalie Ogle
Fanny Ogle
Peter Bull
Sir Thomas Booby
Kenneth Cranham
The Wicked Squire
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tony Richardson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Joseph Andrews is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
