History Film / TomJones

Some years later Tom (Creator/AlbertFinney), having grown into a dashingly handsome, charming man, is a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate, and he thus cannot marry the one woman he truly loves, the beautiful Sophie Western (Creator/SusannahYork). Sophie loves Tom in return, but her father Squire Western (Hugh Griffith) instead matches her up with Allworthy's nephew Blifil (Creator/DavidWarner), son of Allworthy's sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk, but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

David Warner makes his film debut as Blifil, starting out on a long career of playing creeps and psychos. Creator/JulianGlover, who also specialized in playing villains, make his first appearance as the loathsome cavalry officer Northerton. Creator/LynnRedgrave also debuts as a surly barmaid.

Creator/DavidWarner makes his film debut as Blifil, starting out on a long career of playing creeps and psychos. Creator/JulianGlover, who also specialized in playing villains, make his first appearance as the loathsome cavalry officer Northerton. Creator/LynnRedgrave also debuts as a surly barmaid.

It is an adaptation of novel ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling'' by Henry Fielding. The film begins with Squire Allworthy (George Devine), a minor country landowner, coming home to his estate and finding an infant child in his bed. Believing that the child belongs to a servant girl of his named Jenny Jones, Squire Allworthy raises the boy, christened Tom Jones, as if he were the squire's own son.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western (Creator/SusannahYork). Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western (Hugh Griffith) instead matches her up with Allworthy's nephew Blifil (Creator/DavidWarner), son of Allworthy's sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

* {{Undercrank}}: Used in the scene where a jealous husband breaks in on Tom and Mrs. Waters, starting a madcap chase. (Tom turns to the camera and cries "Help!".)

''Tom Jones'' is a 1963 film directed by Tony Richardson, with a screenplay by Creator/JohnOsborne and an AllStarCast.

It is an adaptation of novel ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling'' by Henry Fielding. The film begins with Squire Allworthy, a minor country landowner, coming home to his estate and finding an infant child in his bed. Squire Allworthy believes that the child belongs to a servant girl of his named Jenny Jones. Squire Allworthy raises the boy, christened Tom Jones, as if he were the squire's own son.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western (Creator/SusannahYork). Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western instead matches her up with Allworthy's nephew Blifil (Creator/DavidWarner), son of Allworthy's sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

Eventually Tom goes to make his way in the world. After some adventures he meets one Mrs. Waters, who knows some things about who are Tom's real parents.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western (Creator/SusannahYork). Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western instead matches her up with Allworthy's nephew Blifil (Creator/DavidWarner), son of his sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western (Creator/SusannahYork). Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western instead matches her up with his nephew Blifil (Creator/DavidWarner), son of his sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

''Tom Jones'' is a 1963 film directed by Tony Richardson, with a screenplay by Creator/JohnOsborne.

Creator/DavidWarner makes his film debut as Blifil, starting out on a long career of playing creeps and psychos. Creator/JulianGlover, who also specialized in playing villains, appears at the loathsome cavalry officer Northerton.

It is an adaptation of novel ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling'' by Creator/HenryFielding. The film begins with Squire Allworthy, a minor country landowner, coming home to his estate and finding an infant child in his bed. Squire Allworthy believes that the child belongs to a servant girl of his named Jenny Jones. Squire Allworthy raises the boy, christened Tom Jones, as if he were the squire's own son.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western. Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western instead matches her up with his nephew Blifil (Creator/DavidWarner), son of his sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western. Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western instead matches her up with his nephew Blifil, son of his sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western. Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western instead matches her up with his nephew Blifil, son of his sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck. (Creator/DavidWarner, who would go on to a very long career mostly playing creeps like Blifil, makes his film debut.)

* EroticEating: Used in the scene with Tom and Mrs. Waters and famously filmed in the 1960s version.

* GrossUpCloseUp: A striking sequence in which the rich folk of this particular part of western England go out hunting a deer, in a large party on horseback, with a pack of hunting dogs. They come off like the Wehrmacht rampaging through Poland. The viewer is treated to closeups of a farmer's dead goose that the aristocrats trampled, closeups of spurs digging into horseflesh and gouging wounds, and a disturbing closeup to end the scene in which Squire Western displace the corpse of the deer, with its throat slit.

* OnlyAFleshWound: In the movie: "Mr Jones, you've broken your arm!" "Indeed madame, but I have another to walk you home."

* TheCasanova: Handsome, dashing Tom is irresistible to women of all sorts, but Sarah is the one he really loves.

''Tom Jones'' is a 1963 film directed by Tony Richardson, with a screenplay by Creator/JohnOsbourne.

''Tom Jones'' is a 1963 film directed by Tony Richardson.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western. Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western instead matches her up with his nephew Blifil, son of his sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

* AsideComment: The 1963 film was one of the earliest movies for a character to directly address the audience. It actually happens several times.

Tropes particular to the 1963 film:

It is an adaptation of novel ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling'' by Creator/HenryFielding. The film begins with Squire Allworthy, a minor country landowner, coming home to his estate and finding an infant child in his bed. Squire Allworthy believes that the child belongs to a servant girl of his named Jenny Jones. Squire Allworthy raises the boy, christened Tom Jones, as if he were the squire's own son.

Tom grows into a dashingly handsome, charming man (played by Creator/AlbertFinney), and a Casanova who has great success with women. However, although he was raised as if he were Squire Allworthy's son everyone knows he's illegitimate. Thus he can't wed the one woman he truly loves, Sophie Western. Sophie loves Tom too, but her father Squire Western instead matches her up with his nephew Blifil, son of his sister Bridget. Blifil is an obnoxious jerk but he's a legitimate son of a respected man, so Tom is out of luck.

Eventually Tom goes to make his way in the world. After some adventures he meets one Mrs. Waters, who knows some things about who are Tom's real parents.

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