A Taste of Honey (1961)
We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.
Director: Tony Richardson · Writers: Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney
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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Director
Tony Richardson
Cast
Rita Tushingham
Jo 
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 User Reviews (1)
I guess this movie holds a strong place in cinematic history. It may have been the first movie where all the scenes, indoors and out, were filmed on location. And it was certainly bold with plot details such as having a gay main character and an interracial relationship for the main character. Mostly I liked A Taste of Honey just fine. The main character Jo had spunk and a quick tongue, neither of them are a bad thing, though I got a little tired of her woe is me attitude, especially where her mother was concerned. Clearly her mother put herself first when it came to choosing and giving preference to low life men, but she also showed at times that she loved Jo, who probably could have helped her own cause by not being such a royal pain the the butt in nearly every interaction with her. She could count her blessings: her classmates seemed to like her, she had a decent boss in her new j…
