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Bookmark this pageTom Jones (1963)
Director: Tony Richardson
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From Time Out Film Guide
Too risky for penny-pinching British financiers, Tom Jones was rescued by United Artists, and its massive success released a flood of American money into the British film industry. Richardson's England is full of 18th century atmospherics, but its big attraction was the bawdy licence it allowed '60s permissiveness. Osborne's courageous hatchet job on Fielding's 1,000 page classic novel and Finney's gutsy performance add up to produce an enjoyable piece of irreverent entertainment.Author: RMy
Cast & crew
Director: Tony Richardson
Producer: Tony Richardson
Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento, George Devine, Joyce Redman, David Warner, David Tomlinson, John Moffatt, Wilfrid Lawson, Freda Jackson full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 128 mins
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