Fanny Hill (1983 film)
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| Directed by | Gerry O'Hara |
| Written by | Stephen Chesley |
| Produced by | Harry Benn Harry Alan Towers (executive producer) |
| Starring | Lisa Foster Oliver Reed Shelley Winters Wilfrid Hyde-White |
| Cinematography | Tony Spratling |
| Edited by | Peter Boyle |
| Music by | Paul Hoffert |
Production companies | Brent Walker Film Productions Theatre Division F.H. Filmproduction Limited Playboy Productions (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (VHS) |
Release date | 1983 |
Running time | 98 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Fanny Hill is a 1983 British erotic comedy film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Lisa Foster, Oliver Reed, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Shelley Winters. It is adapted from the novel Fanny Hill by John Cleland.[1] It is also known as Sex, Lies and Renaissance.
Plot
Poor country lass Fanny Hill sets off for London where she embarks on a series of sexual encounters in pursuit of wealth and happiness.
Cast
- Lisa Foster - Fanny Hill (as Lisa Raines)
- Oliver Reed - Edward Widdlecome
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Mr. Barville
- Shelley Winters - Mrs Cole
- Alfred Marks - Lecher
- Paddie O'Neil - Mrs Brown
- Barry Stokes - Charles (as Jonathan York)
- Maria Harper - Phoebe
- Vicki Scott - Polly (uncredited)
- Lorraine Doyle - Martha (uncredited)
- Angie Quick - Sarah (uncredited)
- Susie Silvey - Jane (uncredited)
- Harry Fowler - Beggar (uncredited)
- Gordon Rollings - Beggar (uncredited)
- Liz Smith - Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
- Howard Goorney - Mr. Croft (uncredited)
- Janet Henfrey - Lady in Intelligence Office (uncredited)
Critical reception
- Time Out wrote, "a relatively large budget and some respectable names in the cast list, but this is still limp softcore flummery sold on the half-remembered notoriety of its purported 18th century source...Lawyer Reed and madam Winters, meanwhile, seem as though they have their teeth gritted in the hope that it will all be over soon." [2]
- Sky Movies wrote, "they should have made the script funnier, got Kenneth Williams and Joan Sims - and retitled it Carry On Fanny..." [3]
References
- ^ "Fanny Hill Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure". BFI.
- ^ "Fanny Hill". Time Out London.
- ^ "Fanny Hill".
External links
- Fanny Hill at IMDb
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