Joseph Andrews (1977)

Joseph Andrews (1977)

A lady's secrets. A servant's lust. A lover's betrayal. 1977-03-09 United Kingdom 99 Min. PG-13
4.7 9 votes

Overview

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

Ann-Margret is Lady Booby alias
Lady Booby alias "Belle"
Peter Firth is Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
Michael Hordern is Parson Adams
Parson Adams
Beryl Reid is Mrs. Slipslop
Mrs. Slipslop
Jim Dale is The pedlar
The pedlar
Natalie Ogle is Fanny Ogle
Fanny Ogle
Peter Bull is Sir Thomas Booby
Sir Thomas Booby
Kenneth Cranham is The Wicked Squire
The Wicked Squire
James Villiers is Mr. Booby
Penelope Wilton is Mrs. Wilton
Mrs. Wilton
Bernard Bresslaw is Parson Trulliber
Parson Trulliber