Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
Direction
Tony Richardson's handheld, kinetic style revolutionized period filmmaking.
Acting
Albert Finney's wolfish grin carries three hours of debauchery.
Editing
Jump cuts and silent-film gags feel decades ahead of their time.
Director
Tony Richardson
Albert Finney
Tom Jones
Susannah York
Sophie Western
Hugh Griffith
Squire Western
Edith Evans
Miss Western
Joan Greenwood
Lady Bellaston
Diane Cilento
Molly Seagrim
David Tomlinson
Lord Fellamar
Freda Jackson
Mrs. Seagrim
Jack MacGowran
Partridge
Lynn Redgrave
Susan, Uptown Inn
Joyce Redman
Mrs. Waters
David Warner
Mr. Blifil
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Narrator (voice)
Rachel Kempson
Bridget
Peter Bull
Thwackum
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The famous eating scene was improvised when Finney and Joyce Redman actually got drunk on oysters and wine between takes.
This Beatle-era period piece helped kill the stately BBC costume drama and ushered in decades of 'gritty' historical revisionism.
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