Themes: Playing the Field, Looking For Love, Class Differences
Main Cast: Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Lowe, Georgia Brown, Georgia Brown
Release Year: 1976
Country: UK
Run Time: 94 minutes
Plot
This is not the same kind of film as the 1962 production, Tom Jones. In fact, it is a "nudie musical", as evidenced by the presence of singing star Georgia Brown in the dual role of Jenny Jones and Mrs. Waters. The project originated as a Las Vegas stage presentation, with Nicky Henson in the lead. The plot of the Henry Fielding novel about the "boy born to be hanged" is followed in spirit rather than to the letter, with busty Joan Collins thrown in like a lagniappe as a lady highwayman. Wandering through the proceedings are such English stalwarts as Trevor Howard and Terry-Thomas. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Joan Collins - Black Bess; William Mervyn - Squire Alworthy; Murray Melvin - Blifil; Madeline Smith - Sophia; Geraldine McEwan - Lady Bellaston; Jeremy Lloyd - Lord Fellemar; Janie Greenspun - Daisy; Michael Bates - Madman; Hilda Fenemore - Mrs. Belcher; Patricia MacPherson - Molly Seagram; Isabel Dean - Bridget; James Hayter - Briggs; Frank Thornton - Whitlow; Gladys Henson - Mrs. Wilkins; Joan Cooper - Nellie; Maxine Casson - Prudence; Judy Buxton - Lizzie; Arthur Howard - Old Vicar; John Forrest - Captain Blifil; Arnold Diamond - Noisy Reveller; Claire Davenport - Mrs. Bakewell; Griffith Davies - Tilehurst; Tricia Newby - Betty; Erik Chitty; Roy Evans; John Hartley; Bart Allison; Angela Crow; Jeannie Collings; Penny Irving; Patrick Westwood; Donald Bisset; Max Faulkner; Terence Sewards; Maggie Maxwell; Patsy Smart; Rosamond Greenwood
Credit
Jack Shampan - Art Director, Beatrice Dawson - Costume Designer, Cliff Owen - Director, Bill Blunden - Editor, Ron Grainer - Composer (Music Score), Christopher Gunning - Composer (Music Score), Paul Holden - Composer (Music Score), David Matthews - Composer (Music Score), Claude Hitchcock - Songwriter, Paul Holden - Songwriter, Gordon K. McCallum - Songwriter, Douglas Slocombe - Cinematographer, Frank Sherwin Green - Production Manager, Robert Sadloff - Producer, Claude Hitchcock - Sound/Sound Designer, Gordon K. McCallum - Sound/Sound Designer, Jeremy Lloyd - Screenwriter
