A Taste of Honey (1961)
We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.
101 min
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.
- Release date
- October 1, 1961
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- John Addison
- Budget
- $153,814
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Cast
- 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
- Eunice Black as Schoolteacher
- Margo Cunningham as Landlady
- Peter Sallis as Man (uncredited)
- Hazel Blears as Street Urchin
- David Boliver as Bert
Crew
- Tony Richardson · Director
- Shelagh Delaney · Writer
- Tony Richardson · Writer
- Tony Richardson · Producer
- John Addison · Composer
- Walter Lassally · Cinematographer
- Antony Gibbs · Editor