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A Taste of Honey(1961)

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

7.0(115)1h 40m1961-10-01

Drama

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
Writers:: Shelagh Delaney, Shelagh Delaney, Tony Richardson
Producers:: Tony Richardson
Cinematographer:: Walter Lassally
Composer:: John Addison
Production:: Woodfall Film Productions
Budget:: $153,814
Status:: Released

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Cast

Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

Jo

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

Geoffrey Ingham

Paul Danquah

Paul Danquah

Jimmy

Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Helen

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

Peter Smith

Michael Bilton

Michael Bilton

Landlord

Eunice Black

Eunice Black

Schoolteacher

David Boliver

David Boliver

Bert

Margo Cunningham

Margo Cunningham

Landlady

Rosalie Williams

Rosalie Williams

Nurse

Veronica Howard

Veronica Howard

Gladys

Moira Kaye

Moira Kaye

Doris