Henry Fielding's tale of life in bawdy 18th century England, with Albert Finney as the illegitimate son of a servant girl who is fostered by a kindly country squire and then pursued lasciviously by every beautiful woman he meets on his way to manhood.


Film programs

Film für Sie nr. 66/66

Books with substantial mentioning of Tom Jones

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Jürgen Müller (ed.)
Movies of the 60s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Kathryn Bernheimer
The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time, A Critic's Ranking
Secaucus, NJ, 1999

Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Sixties
London, 1983

Jerry Vermilye
The Great British Films
Secaucus, N.J., 1978

Books with an entry on Tom Jones

Ivan Butler
Cinema in Britain, An illustrated Survey
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1973

Articles with an entry on Tom Jones

John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49