A Taste of Honey (1961) on Netflix
Jo lives in Salford with her mother Helen, who is preoccupied with the men she brings home. Outside their flat, a black sailor named Jimmy helps her with her suitcases.
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Plot summary
Jo lives in Salford with her mother Helen, who is preoccupied with the men she brings home. A landlady complains about overdue rent and about Helen's visitors, so the two move to a shabby flat across town. Jimmy, a black sailor, helps Jo with her suitcases when they arrive. That evening Helen brings home her boyfriend Peter, who leaves once he learns she has a daughter. Jimmy and Jo begin a courtship after he takes her aboard his ship to treat her scraped knee, and he gives her an engagement ring she keeps on a ribbon at her neck.
Cast
- Eunice Blackas Schoolteacher
- David Boliveras Bert
- Margo Cunninghamas Landlady
- Veronica Howardas Gladys
- Moira Kayeas Doris
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Taste of Honey (1961)
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- A Taste of Honey was banned in several countries, and Tushingham recalled in 2020 that much of the reaction was "People like that don't exist", by which people meant homosexuals, single mothers and people in mixed-race relationships, though they did.
