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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (Original title)Moll Flanders (Alternative title)
Date: 19 September 1965 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Terence Young

Synopsis: Picaresque epic of a young woman in the 18th century who finds that losing her virtue is no handicap to a successful career.

Genre:
Period drama

Subject:
18th century
Releases
Date: 1965not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 122 mins Length: 11001 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 132 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount British Pictures
Date: 1965Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 126 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures

Credits (22)
Production Company: Winchester Film Productions, Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corporation, Producer: Marcel Hellman, Associate Producer: Richard Hellman, Production Supervisor: Mickey Delamar, Assistant Director: David Anderson, Screenplay: Denis Cannan, Screenplay: Roland Kibbee, Original works: Daniel Defoe, Director of Photography: Ted Moore, Editor: Frederick Wilson, Production Designer: Syd Cain, Location art director: Alex Vetchinsky, Costumes: Elizabeth Haffenden, Costumes: Joan Bridge, Music scored and directed: John Addison, Sound: A.S. Ross, Sound: Bob Jones, Period adviser: Vyvyan Holland, James Laver, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast (39)
Kim Novak (Moll Flanders), Richard Johnson (Jemmy), Angela Lansbury (Lady Blystone), Vittorio De Sica (The Count), Leo McKern (Squint), George Sanders (The Banker), Lilli Palmer (Dutchy), Peter Butterworth (Grunt), Dandy Nichols (Orphanage Superintendent), Noel Howlett (Bishop), Cecil Parker (The Mayor), Barbara Couper (The Mayor's Wife), Daniel Massey (Elder Brother), Derren Nesbitt (Younger Brother), Ingrid Hafner (Elder sister), June Watts (Younger Sister), Judith Furse (Miss Glowber), Anthony Dawson (Officer of Dragoons), Roger Livesey (Drunken Parson), Jess Conrad, Noel Harrison, Alex Scott, Alexis Kanner (Mohock), Mary Merrall (A Lady), Richard Wattis (Jeweller), Terence Lodge (Draper), Reginald Beckwith (Doctor), David Hutcheson (A Nobleman), David Lodge (Ship's Captain), Lionel Long (Singer in Prison), Hugh Griffith (Prison Governor), Michael Trubshawe (Lord Mayor), Richard Goolden (The Ordinary), Leonard Sachs (Prison Doctor), Basil Dignam (Lawyer), Michael Brennan (The Turnkey), Liam Redmond (Convict Ship Captain), Neville Jason (Convict Ship Officer), Mollie Peters ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (8)
In: British National Film Catalogue v3 1965
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v3 1965: no known title]Language: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v233 n12 9 Jun 1965  Page: 306
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v233 n12 9 Jun 1965: no known title]Language: English

In: Kine Weekly n3016 22 Jul 1965  Page: 10
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3016 22 Jul 1965: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 26 May 1965
Title: [Variety - 26 May 1965: no known title]Language: English

In: The Daily Cinema n9093 21 Jul 1965  Page: 6
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9093 21 Jul 1965: no known title]Language: English

In: The Film Daily v126 n105 2 Jun 1965  Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v126 n105 2 Jun 1965: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n380 September 1965  Page: 134
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n380 September 1965: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v185 n40 26 May 1965  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v185 n40 26 May 1965: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: Private novels, public films
Author: Mayne, Judith  Pages: 184p.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6550 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-596052
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1650 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-596053
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12150 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-596051
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10800 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-596049
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film