A Taste of Honey

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.

• Release date
• October 1, 1961
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Tony Richardson

Cast

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