Once a Year on Blackpool Sands
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.
- 6.0
- 2021
- Released
- 1h 45m
Kyle Brookes
EddyMacaulay Cooper
TommyWendy Laurence James
Gladys BracegirdleElizabeth Coombs
Alice Price
Linda Clark
Red EthelDominic McCavish
James Elbridge / Phyllis
Joel McVeagh
Karlton
Julia Haworth
Sandra Green
Michał Szpak
MiloSteven Arnold
Reg Green
Tony Richardson
Hubert Corkhill
Vicki Glover
Nurse Bickerstaff
Laura Ellen Wilson
Judy
Charlie Price
Young EddyPaul Sultana
JimReleased
en
- #forbidden love
- #melancholy
- #lgbt
- #gay pride
- #coal miner
- #1950s
- #gay theme
- #transgender
Reviews
If only this had had a more focussed auteur then it could have made for a far more potent tale of growing up gay in England in the 1950s. Instead, Karlton Parris rather misses his open goal and provides us with a meandering film that largely underwhelms. That said, there are two strong performances here from Kyle Brookes ("Eddy") and Macauley Cooper's "Tommy" as we relive a story told by way of a