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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.

19611h 40mNRDrama

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About A Taste of Honey

Directors
Tony Richardson
Cast
Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Michael Bilton
Genres
Drama
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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