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Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

★ 6.5/10•2021•1h 45m•Drama

The triumphant true story that changed six lives forever

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.

Karlton Parris · Writer

Karlton Parris · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 45m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 21, 2021

Actors

Kyle Brookes

Eddy

Macaulay Cooper

Tommy

Wendy Laurence James

Gladys Bracegirdle

Elizabeth Coombs

Alice Price

Linda Clark

Linda Clark

Red Ethel

Dominic McCavish

James Elbridge / Phyllis

Joel McVeagh

Joel McVeagh

Karlton

Julia Haworth

Julia Haworth

Sandra Green

Michał Szpak

Michał Szpak

Milo

Steven Arnold

Reg Green

Tony Richardson

Tony Richardson

Hubert Corkhill

Vicki Glover

Vicki Glover

Nurse Bickerstaff

Laura Ellen Wilson

Laura Ellen Wilson

Judy

Charlie Price

Charlie Price

Young Eddy

Paul Sultana

Jim

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