A Taste of Honey

1961
Approved
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

6.5K

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A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.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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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

6.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 4 BAFTA Awards
- 10 wins & 7 nominations total

Landlord
(uncredited)

Eunice Black

Schoolteacher
(uncredited)

Hazel Blears

Street Urchin
(uncredited)

David Boliver

Bert
(uncredited)

Margo Cunningham

Landlady
(uncredited)

Shelagh Delaney

Woman watching basketball
(uncredited)

A. Goodman

Rag and Bone Man
(uncredited)

John Harrison

Cave Attendant
(uncredited)

Veronica Howard

Gladys
(uncredited)

Moira Kaye

Doris
(uncredited)

Linda Lewis

Extra
(uncredited)

Graham Roberts

Janet Rugg

Girl on Pier
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Shot exclusively on location, in Salford, Blackpool and a disused house in the Fulham Road in London that cost £20 a week to rent.

Goofs
While the teacher is reading from a book; at one point it cuts to two classmates who look back at Jo and start giggling. The cut is premature and makes no sense because when it cuts back to Jo, she is not doing anything to make them laugh. She is merely looking in a notebook. However it is in the next sequence of cuts when Jo begins to mimic the teacher thus causing the students to giggle.

Quotes
Geoffrey: The dream is gone.
Jo: But the baby's real.

Connections
Featured in Free Cinema (1986)

Soundtracks
The Big Ship Sails
(uncredited)
Traditional English children's song
Sung during the opening and closing credits

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remarkable

'A Taste of Honey' provides a grim slice-of-life look at the working class poor in early 1960's England. Teen pregnancy, an openly homosexual companion, a negligent single mother and homelessness are featured- mainstream topics in today's movies, but this was released in 1961, folks (beats me how they got it past the censors). This sensitive, remarkable film should be required viewing for junior high schools.