Once a Year on Blackpool Sands
The triumphant true story that changed six lives forever
Nov 21, 2021 · 1h 45m · Drama
⭐ 6.0· 3 votes
Director Karlton Parris
Writer Karlton Parris
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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.
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Cast
Kyle Brookes
Eddy
Macaulay Cooper
Tommy
Wendy Laurence James
Gladys Bracegirdle
Elizabeth Coombs
Alice Price
Linda Clark
Red Ethel
Dominic McCavish
James Elbridge / Phyllis
Joel McVeagh
Karlton
Julia Haworth
Sandra Green
Michał Szpak
Milo
Steven Arnold
Reg Green
Tony Richardson
Hubert Corkhill
Vicki Glover
Nurse Bickerstaff
Laura Ellen Wilson
Judy
Charlie Price
Young Eddy
Paul Sultana
Jim
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