Mistress Pamela

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]

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

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."^[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]