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A Taste of Honey is a 1961 British New Wave drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens and Murray Melvin. [6] It is an adaptation of the 1958 play of the same name by Shelagh Delaney. Delaney wrote the screenplay with Richardson, who had directed the original Broadway production of the play ...
A Taste of Honey: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin. A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
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- Drama
- Tony Richardson
- 1962-04-30
Jo is an awkward, shy 17-year-old girl living with her promiscuous alcoholic mother, Helen. Desperately longing to simply be loved, when her mother's latest "romance" drives Jo out of their apartment, she spends the night with a black sailor on a brief shore leave. But when Jo's mother abandons her to move in with her latest lover, Jo finds a ...
A Taste of Honey (1961) Movie Info Synopsis In this domestic drama, British teen Jo (Rita Tushingham) struggles to find love in her bleak day-to-day life, which is dominated by her alcoholic ...
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- Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
- Tony Richardson
A Taste of Honey (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular ...
Jo is a neglected 16-year-old girl whose promiscuous mother marries a dandy. Jo gets pregnant after a tryst with a black cook, who leaves her over his impending responsibilities of fatherhood, and she only finds support in a gay male friend. Tony Richardson. Director, Screenplay.
A Taste of Honey was the first play by then-18-year-old Shelagh Delaney, with whom Richardson also wrote the screenplay. It stands apart from the others in another respect - it's more anguished than angry as it recounts the storm-tossed emotions of its central character, Jo, a teenaged schoolgirl who lives in Salford - next stop down from ...
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