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A Taste of Honey (1961)

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

7.0/10 1h 40m Oct 01, 1961
Drama

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title A Taste of Honey
Original Language EN
Budget $153,814
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham
Jo
Popularity: 0.8
Murray Melvin
Murray Melvin
Geoffrey Ingham
Popularity: 0.3
Paul Danquah
Paul Danquah
Jimmy
Popularity: 0.1
Dora Bryan
Dora Bryan
Helen
Popularity: 0.3
Robert Stephens
Robert Stephens
Peter Smith
Popularity: 0.5
Michael Bilton
Michael Bilton
Landlord
Popularity: 0.5
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Eunice Black
Schoolteacher
Popularity: 2.0
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David Boliver
Bert
Popularity: 0.0
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Margo Cunningham
Landlady
Popularity: 0.9
Rosalie Williams
Rosalie Williams
Nurse
Popularity: 0.4
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Veronica Howard
Gladys
Popularity: 0.2
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Moira Kaye
Doris
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Tony Richardson
Producer Tony Richardson
Screenplay Shelagh Delaney, Tony Richardson
Editor Antony Gibbs

Production

Woodfall Film Productions
GB

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Keywords

friendship single parent parent child relationship based on play or musical family relationships coming of age interracial relationship working class single mother teenage pregnancy kitchen sink realism free cinema british new wave independent film depressing

Reviews from TMDB

Peter McGinn 6/10
Nov 9, 2022

I guess this movie holds a strong place in cinematic history. It may have been the first movie where all the scenes, indoors and out, were filmed on location. And it was certainly bold with plot details such as having a gay main character and an interracial relationship for the main character. Mo ... Read more

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Details
Release Date October 1, 1961
Runtime 1h 40m
Budget $153,814
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
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