Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

Nov 21, 2021

1h 45m

★ 6.0

The triumphant true story that changed six lives forever

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Baby Dog Films

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Cast

Eddy

Kyle Brookes

Tommy

Macaulay Cooper

Gladys Bracegirdle

Wendy Laurence James

Alice Price

Elizabeth Coombs

Red Ethel

Linda Clark

James Elbridge / Phyllis

Dominic McCavish

Karlton

Joel McVeagh

Sandra Green

Julia Haworth

Milo

Michał Szpak

Reg Green

Steven Arnold

Hubert Corkhill

Tony Richardson

Nurse Bickerstaff

Vicki Glover

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