A Taste of Honey (1961)
"We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us."
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.
Top 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
M
Margo Cunningham
Landlady
Rosalie Williams
Nurse
V
Veronica Howard
Gladys
M
Moira Kaye
Doris
Peter Sallis
Man (uncredited)
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