Movie: Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kyle Brookes
Kyle Brookes

Eddy

Macaulay Cooper
Macaulay Cooper

Tommy

Wendy Laurence James
Wendy Laurence James

Gladys Bracegirdle

Elizabeth Coombs
Elizabeth Coombs

Alice Price

Linda Clark
Linda Clark

Red Ethel

Dominic McCavish
Dominic McCavish

James Elbridge / Phyllis

Joel McVeagh
Joel McVeagh

Karlton

Julia Haworth
Julia Haworth

Sandra Green

Michał Szpak
Michał Szpak

Milo

Steven Arnold
Steven Arnold

Reg Green

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2021-11-21

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    The triumphant true story that changed six lives forever

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    English
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