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Once a Year on Blackpool Sands (2021)
Directed by Karlton Parris
“The triumphant true story that changed six lives forever”
Drama · 1h 45m
A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.
Cast
K
Kyle Brookes
Eddy
M
Macaulay Cooper
Tommy
W
Wendy Laurence James
Gladys Bracegirdle
E
Elizabeth Coombs
Alice Price
Linda Clark
Red Ethel
D
Dominic McCavish
James Elbridge / Phyllis
Joel McVeagh
Karlton
Julia Haworth
Sandra Green
Michał Szpak
Milo
S
Steven Arnold
Reg Green
Tony Richardson
Hubert Corkhill
Vicki Glover
Nurse Bickerstaff
Crew
- Director
- Karlton Parris
- Writer
- Karlton Parris
- Editor
- Adam Dawson, Joshua Gwynne
- Producer
- Karlton Parris
Details
- Release date
- 2021-11-21
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Baby Dog Films