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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A Taste of Honey
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Movie · Drama
1961 · 1h 40m · ★ 68% (19K)
We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah
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.
Director
Tony Richardson
Production
Woodfall Film Productions
Cast
Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Michael Bilton, Eunice Black, David Boliver, Margo Cunningham, Rosalie Williams, Veronica Howard, Moira Kaye, Peter Sallis