A Taste of Honey(1961)

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

70

1h 40m

  • Drama

Overview

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

  • Rita Tushingham

    Rita Tushingham

    Jo

  • Murray Melvin

    Murray Melvin

    Geoffrey Ingham

  • Paul Danquah

    Paul Danquah

    Jimmy

  • Dora Bryan

    Dora Bryan

    Helen

  • Robert Stephens

    Robert Stephens

    Peter Smith

  • Michael Bilton

    Michael Bilton

    Landlord

  • Rosalie Williams

    Rosalie Williams

    Nurse

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    Status

    Released (Oct 1, 1961)

    Budget

    $153,814

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