A Taste of Honey
We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.
7.1(117) 1961-10-01 100 minDrama
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.
DirectorTony Richardson
ProducerTony Richardson
ScreenplayShelagh Delaney
ScreenplayTony Richardson
Original Music ComposerJohn Addison
Cast & characters
Rita Tushingham
as Jo
Murray Melvin
as Geoffrey Ingham
Paul Danquah
as Jimmy
Dora Bryan
as Helen
Robert Stephens
as Peter Smith
Michael Bilton
as Landlord
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Eunice Black
as Schoolteacher
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David Boliver
as Bert
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Margo Cunningham
as Landlady
Rosalie Williams
as Nurse
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Veronica Howard
as Gladys
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Moira Kaye
as Doris
Peter Sallis
as Man (uncredited)
