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Joseph Andrews

JOSEPH ANDREWS (1977)

Comedy, Romantic, Drama, Adventure | UK

Director: Tony Richardson

BBC Four | Monday, 22 October 2007 | 21:00

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Rating: 5.6/10

SYNOPSIS

Lady Booby alias "Belle" (Ann-Margret), the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth), a Latin pupil and protégé of Par...

Actors

Writer: Tony Richardson, Allan Scott

Producer: Anna Cottle, Neil Hartley

RUNTIME: 99 min

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