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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. It is an adaptation of the 1958 play of the same name by Shelagh Delaney .
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- 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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- Tony Richardson
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- Drama
A Taste of Honey, British film, released in 1961, that is often cited as a classic example of the socially conscious and realistic Angry Young Man dramas that appeared in Britain in the post-World War II era.
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A Taste of Honey. Summaries. A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support. Black and white, gay and straight, mothers and daughters, class, and coming of age. Jo is working class, in her teens, living with her drunk and libidinous mother in northern England.
Watch A Taste of Honey with a subscription on Max, rent on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. In this domestic drama, British teen Jo (Rita Tushingham...
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- Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
- Tony Richardson
Film Info. United Kingdom. 1961. 100 minutes. Black & White. 1.66:1. English. Spine #829. Special Features. New, restored, 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. New interviews with actors Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin.
A Taste of Honey is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19. It was adapted into an award-winning film of the same title in 1961. Set in Salford in North West England, it tells the story of Jo, a working class schoolgirl, and her mother, Helen, who is presented as tarty, foul mouthed and promiscuous.
