---
title: 'A Taste of Honey (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tony Richardson'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-taste-of-honey-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055506/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Taste of Honey (1961)

1961 · 100 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

A Taste of Honey is a 1961 British New Wave drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens and Murray Melvin. It is an adaptation of the 1958 play of the same name by Shelagh Delaney. Delaney wrote the screenplay with Richardson, who had directed the original Broadway production of the play in 1960. As with the play, the film is an exemplar of a social realist genre of British cultural movement known as kitchen sink realism.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Antony Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-gibbs)
- **Director:** [Tony Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-richardson)
- **Screenplay:** [Tony Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-richardson), [Shelagh Delaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelagh-delaney)
- **Producer:** [Tony Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-richardson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Addison](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-addison)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter Lassally](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lassally)

## Cast

- [Michael Bilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-bilton)
- [Murray Melvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-melvin)
- [Dora Bryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dora-bryan)
- [Robert Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stephens)
- [Rita Tushingham](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-tushingham)
- [Eunice Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/eunice-black)

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