

A Taste of Honey
1961 · Movie · 1h 40m
Drama
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Key crew
- Tony RichardsonDirector
- Shelagh DelaneyScreenplay
- Tony RichardsonScreenplay
- John AddisonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rita TushinghamJo
- Murray MelvinGeoffrey Ingham
- Paul DanquahJimmy
- Dora BryanHelen
- Robert StephensPeter Smith
- Michael BiltonLandlord
- Eunice BlackSchoolteacher
- David BoliverBert
- Margo CunninghamLandlady
- Rosalie WilliamsNurse
- Veronica HowardGladys
- Moira KayeDoris
Stills
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Themes
friendshipsingle parentparent child relationshipbased on play or musicalfamily relationshipscoming of ageinterracial relationshipworking classsingle motherteenage pregnancykitchen sink realismfree cinema























