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  2. The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders is a 1965 British historical comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, and Angela Lansbury. [3] It is based on the 1722 novel Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe.

  3. The novel is based partially on the life of Moll King, a London criminal whom Defoe met while visiting Newgate Prison. Historically, the book was occasionally the subject of police censorship. [4] Plot. Illustration of an 18th-century chapbook.

    • Daniel Defoe
    • 1931
  4. Based on Daniel Defoe's 1722 novel of the famed English adventuress Moll Flanders (Kim Novak). Moll is first engaged as a maid by an eighteenth-century English family chiefly composed of sex-starved males. She marries the imbecilic second son, who prefers booze to copulation.

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    • Comedy, Romance
    • Terence Young
    • 1965-09-10
  5. The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders ★★ 1965. An amusing romp set in 18th century England focusing on a poor orphan girl who seeks wealth. Moll plots to get ahead through an advantageous series of romances and marriages.

  6. Based on Daniel Defoe’s novel Moll Flanders, the 1965 adaptation titled The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) is set in the 18 th century and follows a young house maid who has many love affairs in the hope to reach the top of society.

  7. Moll Flanders, picaresque novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1722. The novel recounts the adventures of a lusty and strong-willed woman who is compelled, from earliest childhood, to make her own way in 17th-century England. The plot is summed up in the novel’s full title: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. Who Was ...

  8. Based on Daniel Defoe's bawdy tale of an 18th-century woman who uses her charms to break into high society. Rent The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders on Fandango at Home, Prime...

    • Comedy