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While the British production company [[Bryanston Films (UK)|Bryanston Films]] was hesitating over whether to make the film in colour, it went bankrupt. [[United Artists]] stepped in to finance the film and make it a colour production.<ref>{{cite book|page=xiv|last= Mayer|first= Geoff|title=Guide to British Cinema|publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group|year= 2003}}</ref>

Overall the production faced challenges of disasters, near-disasters and squabbles caused by films being shot on location in the spotty English weather. The film has an unusual comic style: Thethe opening sequence has subtitles and brisk action in the manner of a [[silent film]]. Later in the film, characters sometimes break the [[fourth wall]], often by looking directly into the camera and addressing the audience. In one scene the character of Tom Jones suddenly appears to notice the camera and covers the lens with his hat. Another unusual feature is an unseen narrator, voiced by [[Micheál Mac Liammóir]]. His mock-serious commentaries between certain scenes deplore the action of several characters as well as the weaknesses in human character, and he provides a poetic [[Dramatic structure|denouement]] for the film.

Despite its success, director [[Tony Richardson]] said that he was dissatisfied with the final product. In his autobiography, Richardson wrote that he "felt the movie to be incomplete and botched in much of its execution. I am not knocking that kind of success – everyone should have it – but whenever someone gushes to me about ''Tom Jones'', I always cringe a little inside."<ref>{{Cite book | last = Richardson | first = Tony | title = Long Distance Runner – A memoir | publisher = Faber & Faber | year = 1993 | location = London | page = 136 | isbn = 0-571-16852-3 }}</ref>