Tony Richardson directs Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan and Murray Melvin in this British kitchen sink drama where a schoolgirl escapes the smothering influence of her wayward single mother with a black British sailor and, later, her new gay friend.

Saw the original stage version of this a few years back which I enjoyed. Hard to believe something as sharp and emotionally intelligent as A Taste Of Honey was written by a seventeen year old working class kid back then, and somehow found backing and stood the test of time. Well done, Shelagh Delaney, well done. The arguably more famous Woodfall screen adaptation is very cinematic. Adding wonderful visual on -location moments to the intense relationships and hopeless dynamics.

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Perfect Double Bill: Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960)

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