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A Taste of Honey

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

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1962 · 1h 40m
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Starring Rita Tushingham · Murray Melvin · Paul Danquah
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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.

Theatrical
Apr 30, 1962
Budget
$154K
Theaters
4
Director
Tony Richardson
Writers
Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney
Producer
Tony Richardson
Music
John Addison
Studio
Woodfall Film Productions
Keywords
single parent parent child relationship friendship interracial relationship based on play or musical family relationships coming of age working class single mother teenage pregnancy kitchen sink realism free cinema british new wave independent film depressing
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Rita Tushingham
Jo
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Murray Melvin
Geoffrey Ingham
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Paul Danquah
Jimmy
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Dora Bryan
Helen
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Robert Stephens
Peter Smith
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Michael Bilton
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Eunice Black
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Margo Cunningham
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Rosalie Williams
Nurse
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Peter Sallis
Man (uncredited)

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