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Absolute Beginners

1986

1h 48m

5.49

Drama, Music, Romance

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Cast

Eddie O'Connell

Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Patsy Kensit

Suzette

James Fox

Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

David Bowie

Vendice Partners

Ray Davies

Arthur, Colin's Dad

Mandy Rice-Davies

Flora, Colin's Mum

Eve Ferret

Big Jill

Tony Hippolyte

Mr. Cool

Joseph McKenna

Fabulous Hoplite

Steven Berkoff

The Fanatic

Sade

Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

Edward Tudor-Pole

Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

Bruce Payne

Flikker

Alan Freeman

Call-Me-Cobber

Anita Morris

Dido Lament

Paul Rhys

Dean Swift

Julian Firth

The Misery Kid

Lionel Blair

Harry Charms

Gary Beadle

Johnny Wonder

Robbie Coltrane

Mario

Jess Conrad

Cappuccino Man

Ronald Fraser

Amberley Drove

Irene Handl

Mrs Larkin

Peter-Hugo Daly

Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

Sylvia Syms

Cynthia Eve

Carmen Ejogo

Carmen

Colin Jeavons

Pamphleteer

Zoot Money

Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)

Sandie Shaw

Baby Boom's Mother

Bruno Tonioli

Maltese Lodger

Eric Sykes

Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Wizard

Chris Pitt

Baby Boom

Smiley Culture

D.J. Entertainer

Slim Gaillard

Party Singer

Amanda Jane Powell

Dorita

Johnny Shannon

Saltzman

Ekow Abban

Santa Lucia Club Owner

Robert Austin

Slim Brother

Gerry Alexander

Ton-Up Vicar

Jim Dunk

Slim Brother

Johnny Edge

Trader Horn

Paul Fairminer

Eddie Sex

Hugo First

Maltese Lodger

Pat Hartley

Ms Cool Snr

Astley Harvey

Mr Cool Snr

Alfred Maron

Bert the Tailor

Chua Kah Joo

Dancer

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