A Taste of Honey
The prize winning comedy-drama of a young girl's passionate love for life!...
Black and white, gay and straight, mothers and daughters, class, and coming of age. Jo is working class, in her teens, living with her drunk and libidinous mother in northern England. When mom marries impulsively, Jo is out on the streets; she and Geoffrey, a gay co worker who's adrift himself, find a room together. Then Jo finds herself pregnant after a one night stand with Jimmy, a Black sailor. Geoffrey takes over the preparations for the baby's birth, and becomes, in effect, the child's father. The three of them seem to have things sorted out when Jo's mother reappears on the scene, assertive and domineering. Which 'family' will emerge?
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Rita Tushingham
Jo Josephine
Dora Bryan
Helen
Robert Stephens
Peter Smith
Murray Melvin
Geoffrey Ingham
Paul Danquah
Jimmy
Michael Bilton
Landlord
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Eunice Black
Schoolteacher
Hazel Blears
Street Urchin
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David Boliver
Bert
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Margo Cunningham
Landlady
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John Addison
Composer
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Walter Lassally
Cinematographer
