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Tom Jones ()

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The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.
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Squire Allworthy
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Bridget Allworthy
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Mrs. Wilkins
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Jenny Jones / Mrs. Waters
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Partridge
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Tom Jones
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Molly Seagrim
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Black George
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Square
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Thwackum
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Blifil
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Mrs. Seagrim
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Lawyer Dowling
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Squire Western
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Sophie Western
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Parson Supple
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Miss Western
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Honor
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Lieutenant
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Northernton
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Landlady, George Inn
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Mrs. Fitzpatrick
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Susan, Upton Inn
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Mr. Fitzpatrick
Jack Stewart ...
MacLachlan
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Lady Bellaston
Rosalind Atkinson ...
Mrs. Miller
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Lord Fellamar
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Narrator (voice) (as Micheál Mac Liammóir)
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Michael Brennan ...
Jailer at Newgate (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Roberta Gibbs ...
Horse rider (uncredited)
Hilda Green ...
Woman Selling Three-Cornered Hats (uncredited)
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Village woman (uncredited)
Mark Loosemore ...
Drummer Boy (uncredited)
Ken Parry ...
Tailor (uncredited)
Paddy Ryan ...
Ruffian (uncredited)
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Barmaid at Upton Inn (uncredited)
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Man on Street Wearing Three-Cornered Hat (uncredited)

Directed by

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Tony Richardson

Written by

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John Osborne ... (screenplay)
 
Henry Fielding ... (based on the novel by)

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Michael Balcon ... executive producer (uncredited)
Michael Holden ... associate producer
Oscar Lewenstein ... associate producer
Tony Richardson ... producer

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John Addison

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Walter Lassally ... director of photography

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Antony Gibbs

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Jocelyn Herbert ... colour consultant
Clare Jefferey ... assistant color consultant (as assistant to Miss Herbert)
Brian Smedley-Aston ... assistant editor

Casting By

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John Merrick ... (uncredited)

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Ralph W. Brinton ... (as Ralph Brinton)

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Edward Marshall ... (as Ted Marshall)

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Josie MacAvin

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John McCorry ... (uncredited)

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Sarah Beber ... chief hairdresser (as Sarah Beeber)
Alex Garfath ... chief makeup artist

Production Management

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Leigh Aman ... production supervisor
Roy Millichip ... production manager

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Gerry O'Hara ... assistant director

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Terry Apsey ... standby construction manager (uncredited)

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Don Challis ... sound editor
Peter Handford ... sound recordist
John Aldred ... music recordist (uncredited)

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Ray Austin ... stunt double: Albert Finney (uncredited)
Dave Goodey ... stunt performer (uncredited)

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Desmond Davis ... camera operator
Manny Wynn ... second unit photography
Roger Berner ... clapper loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Barbara Gillett ... wardrobe mistress
John McCorry ... wardrobe supervisor

Music Department

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John Addison ... music conductor
Sinfonia of London ... music played by
Lionel Salter ... musician: harpsichord solo (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Rita Davison ... continuity
Sewell Stokes ... script editor

Additional Crew

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John Addison ... supervisor: restoration
Neil Hartley ... coordinator: restoration
Alan Kaplan ... production executive
Jane Moscrop ... production secretary
Tony Richardson ... supervisor: restoration
Jocelyn Tawse ... personal assistant to the director
George 'Bud' Ornstein ... production executive: United Artists (uncredited)
Maurice Segal ... publicist (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In eighteenth-century England, "first cousins" Tom Jones and Master Blifil grew up together in privilege in the western countryside, but could not be more different in nature. Tom, the bastard son of one of Squire Allworthy's servants Jenny Jones and the local barber Partridge, was raised by virtuous Allworthy as his own after he sent Jenny away. Tom is randy, chasing anything in a skirt, he's having a sexual relationship on the sly with Molly Seagrim, the peasant daughter of Allworthy's gamekeeper. Tom is nonetheless kind-hearted and good-natured, he who is willing to defend that and those in which he believes. Blifil, on the other hand, is dour, and although outwardly pious, is cold-hearted and vengeful. Despite his randiness, Tom eventually falls in love with Sophie Western, who has just returned to the area after a few years abroad. Despite Sophie's love for Tom, Squire Western and his spinster sister would rather see Sophie marry Blifil rather than a bastard, who Western nonetheless liked before he knew that Tom liked Sophie. Based on half truths, Tom, out of circumstance, is forced to leave his home and strike out on his own in London. While Sophie sneaks away in search of Tom, and Squire Western and Miss Western go off in search of Sophie, Tom gets into one misadventure after another on his way to London, some involving his randiness, and some which will reveal certain aspects of his life previously unknown to him. Through it all, Sophie, deep down, is never far from his mind, even when his life is in danger. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Tom Jones! . . . loves and loves and loves and loves . . . [UK] See more »
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Also Known As
  • Tom Jones! (United Kingdom)
  • Tom Jones: de l'alcôve à la potence (France)
  • Tom Jones : Entre l'alcôve et la potence (France)
  • Tom Jones - Zwischen Bett und Galgen (Germany)
  • トム・ジョーンズの華麗な冒険 (Japan, Japanese title)
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  • 129 min
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Budget $1,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia It took two nights to film the sequence in which Squire Western chases after Tom. The second night, Hugh Griffith managed to undo the wiring on his riding crop, and actually hit Albert Finney with it, drawing blood. In character, Finney turned on Griffith and said, "I can't abide to be whipped, Squire," then punched him in the face. Each stalked off the set, swearing never to work with the other again. See more »
Goofs After Lady Bellaston reads Tom's letter proposing marriage, she wads it into a small ball. Lady Bellaston later shows the letter to Sophie's aunt, but it is now smooth and uncrumpled. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Precious Images (1986). See more »
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Crazy Credits Opening credits: In the west of England there was once a Squire Allworthy. After several months in London he returned home. his sister, Bridget. his servants. after supper. "Mrs. Wilkins!" "aaah!" a baby! abandoned!!! "how did it get here?" "who can the mother be?" "Jenny Jones!" "who is the father Jenny?" "send for Partridge the barber!" Partridge the barber - the father? "I will deal with you later, sir!" "you must be sent away from this shame and degradation." "as for your child . . . . . " "I will bring him up as if he were my own son." "what will you call him brother?" "Tom Jones." of whom the opinion of all was that he was born to be hanged. See more »
Quotes Narrator: Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us, and many of us much worse.
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