A Taste of Honey (1961)

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.

Cast (13)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Rita Tushingham

Jo

Murray Melvin

Geoffrey Ingham

Paul Danquah

Jimmy

Dora Bryan

Helen

Robert Stephens

Peter Smith

Michael Bilton

Landlord

E

Eunice Black

Schoolteacher

D

David Boliver

Bert

M

Margo Cunningham

Landlady

Rosalie Williams

Nurse

V

Veronica Howard

Gladys

M

Moira Kaye

Doris

Peter Sallis

Man (uncredited)

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