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Joseph Andrews (1977)

Joseph Andrews poster
Directed by
Tony Richardson
Genre
comedy thriller
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young servant travels through 1700s England facing comic adventures and romantic entanglements. He encounters eccentric characters and survives a series of mishaps.

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What happens

Joseph Andrews is a 1977 British period comedy film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid and Jim Dale. The screenplay was by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant based on the 1742 novel Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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