Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

105 mins | Drama | Nov. 21, 2021

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.

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

105 mins | Drama | Nov. 21, 2021

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Baby Dog Films
Original title Once a Year on Blackpool Sands
Directors Karlton Parris
Writers Karlton Parris

Cast

Kyle Brookes

as Eddy

Macaulay Cooper

as Tommy

Wendy Laurence James

as Gladys Bracegirdle

Elizabeth Coombs

as Alice Price

Linda Clark

as Red Ethel

Dominic McCavish

as James Elbridge / Phyllis

Joel McVeagh

as Karlton

Julia Haworth

as Sandra Green

Michał Szpak

as Milo

Steven Arnold

as Reg Green

Tony Richardson

as Hubert Corkhill

Vicki Glover

as Nurse Bickerstaff

Charlie Price

as Young Eddy