7.1 / 10(118 votes)IMDb19611h 40mUnited Kingdom

A Taste of Honey

“We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.”

Topics:#friendship #single parent #parent child relationship #based on play or musical #family relationships #coming of age #interracial relationship #working class #single mother #teenage pregnancy #kitchen sink realism #free cinema

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.

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A Taste Of Honey

Type: Trailer • Published 2008-07-26

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Rita Tushingham

Murray Melvin

Geoffrey Ingham

Paul Danquah

Jimmy

Dora Bryan

Helen

Robert Stephens

Peter Smith

Michael Bilton

Landlord

Eunice Black

Schoolteacher

David Boliver

Bert

Margo Cunningham

Landlady

Rosalie Williams

Nurse

Veronica Howard

Gladys

Moira Kaye

Doris

Peter Sallis

Man (uncredited)

Uncredited

Streaming onHBO MaxOpen

Release History & Theatrical Window

World Premiere

London

Festival / Special Debut

Theatrical Premiere

April 30, 1962

Wide Cinema Exhibition

Financials & Box Office Performance

Released

Production Budget

$154K

Filming & production cost

Worldwide Gross

Pending

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Tony Richardson
Screenplay & Story: Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney
Original Score: John Addison
Original Title: A Taste of Honey
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Runtime: 1h 40m
Production Budget: $154K
Production Studios: Woodfall Film Productions

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Tony Richardson

Screenplay & Story

Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney

Original Score & Music

John Addison

Director of Photography

Walter Lassally

Film Editing

Antony Gibbs

Producers

Tony Richardson

Department Leadership Roster

Tony Richardson

Director

Tony Richardson

Screenplay

Tony Richardson

Producer

Shelagh Delaney

Screenplay

Walter Lassally

Director of Photography

Antony Gibbs

Editor

John Addison

Original Music Composer

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United Kingdom (BBFC)12

Suitable only for 12 years and over.

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