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A Taste of Honey

Cast

Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, Dora Bryan View All


Crew

Tony Richardson (Screenplay), Tony Richardson (Director), Shelagh Delaney (Screenplay) View All

Release: Sep. 1st, 1961
Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
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.
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mark f
Geoffrey (Murray Melvin), the young man who buys her first pair of shoes sold, becomes her pal, and even after Jo learns he's gay and he learns that she's pregnant, Geoffrey moves in with her and helps her by cooking and cleaning around the house.
Takoma11
The film ultimately leaves a lot of elements up in the air: Jo's relationship with her mother; whether Jo and Geoff will continue their partnership; whether Jimmy will ever return.


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