A Taste of Honey

“We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.”

MovieReleased7.1

1961

1h 40m

Drama

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Overview

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

Director

Tony Richardson

Writer

Shelagh Delaney

Studio

Woodfall Film Productions

Budget

$0M

Vote Count

118

Cast

Rita Tushingham

Murray Melvin

Geoffrey Ingham

Paul Danquah

Jimmy

Dora Bryan

Helen

Robert Stephens

Peter Smith

Michael Bilton

Landlord

Eunice Black

Schoolteacher

David Boliver

Bert

Margo Cunningham

Landlady

Rosalie Williams

Nurse

Veronica Howard

Gladys

Moira Kaye

Doris

Peter Sallis

Man (uncredited)

A Taste of Honey

Overview

Cast

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