Mistress Pamela is a 1973 British sex comedy drama film directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Ann Michelle, Dudley Foster, Anna Quayle and Anthony Sharp. It was loosely based on the 1740 novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson. Plot In the eighteenth century, Pamela, a servant girl in the household of Lord Devenish, must fight off the advances of her young master - a gentleman determined to have Pamela as his mistress. Cast Ann Michelle as Pamela Andrews Julian Barnes as Lord Robert Devenish Dudley Foster as Jonathan Anna Quayle as Mrs Jelks Anthony Sharp as Longman Rosemarie Dunham as Mistress Blimper Derek Fowlds as Sir Percy Ken Parry as Parson Fred Emney as Dr Livesey Frederic Abbott as John Andrews Marianne Stone as Katie Critical reception Time Out wrote, "Richardson's 18th century classic Pamela clearly dredged up for its bawdy possibilities...About all the film has in common with the original is a notable lack of humour." References 1973 films 1973 comedy-drama films 1970s historical comedy films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Jim O'Connolly Films based on British novels British sex comedy films British historical comedy-drama films Films set in the 18th century 1970s sex comedy films 1970s British films