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A Taste of Honey
We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.
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.
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Checked Jul 24, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about A Taste of Honey
Cast
Rita TushinghamJo
Murray MelvinGeoffrey Ingham
Paul DanquahJimmy
Dora BryanHelen
Robert StephensPeter Smith
Michael BiltonLandlordCredits
- Directed by
- Tony Richardson
- Written by
- Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $153.8K
Production
- Woodfall Film ProductionsUnited Kingdom
