Once a Year on Blackpool Sands (2021)

6.5/10 • 105 min • Drama

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.

Cast

Linda Clark

Joel McVeagh

Julia Haworth

Michał Szpak

Tony Richardson

Hubert Corkhill

Vicki Glover

Nurse Bickerstaff

Laura Ellen Wilson

Charlie Price

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