Mistress Pamela

1974 British film by Jim O'Connolly

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 (1973-11) (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 was written by O'Connolly loosely based on the 1740 novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson.[2]

## Plot

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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

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* 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

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "What the makers clearly had in mind was Carry On Tom Jones."[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

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1. ^ "Mistress Pamela". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
2. ^ "Mistress Pamela". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
3. ^ "Miss Pamela". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 40 (468): 253. 1 January 1973 - via ProQuest.
4. ^ "Mistress Pamela". Time Out London. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

## External links

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* Mistress Pamela at IMDb

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Films directed by Jim O'Connolly

* The Hi-Jackers (1963)
* Smokescreen (1964)
* The Little Ones (1965)
* Berserk! (1967)
* Crooks and Coronets (1969)
* The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
* Tower of Evil (1972)
* Mistress Pamela (1974)

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