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Film / 2021
Once a Year on Blackpool Sands
Directed by
Karlton Parris
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 …
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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
Kyle BrookesEddy
Macaulay CooperTommy
Wendy Laurence JamesGladys Bracegirdle
Elizabeth CoombsAlice Price
Linda ClarkRed Ethel
Dominic McCavishJames Elbridge / Phyllis
Joel McVeaghKarlton
Julia HaworthSandra Green
Michał SzpakMilo
Steven ArnoldReg Green
Tony RichardsonHubert Corkhill
Vicki GloverNurse Bickerstaff
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