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A Taste of Honey (1961)

Oct 01, 1961 Drama 1h 40m
70%
User Score
7.4/10
86%

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

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.

Tony Richardson
Director
Shelagh Delaney
Screenplay

Top Billed 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

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Media

A Taste Of Honey
A Taste Of Honey
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A review by Peter McGinn
Written on November 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.

Mostly I liked A Taste of Honey just fine. The main character Jo had spunk and a quick tongue, neither of them are a bad thing, though I got a little tired of her woe is me attitude, especially where her mother was concerned. Clearly her mother put herself first when it came to choosing and giving preference to low life men, but she also showed at times that she loved Jo, who probably could have helped her own cause by not being such a royal pain the the butt in nearly every interaction with her. ...

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