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Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners1986

★5.5108 minDramaMusicRomance

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...

Director

Writer

Christopher Wicking Richard Burridge Don MacPherson

Score

David Bowie Julien Temple Ray Davies

Stars

Eddie O'Connell Patsy Kensit James Fox

Cast49

Eddie O'Connell
as Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Patsy Kensit
as Suzette
James Fox
as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
David Bowie
as Vendice Partners
Ray Davies
as Arthur, Colin's Dad
Mandy Rice-Davies
as Flora, Colin's Mum
Eve Ferret
as Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte
as Mr. Cool
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Wizard
Joseph McKenna
as Fabulous Hoplite
Steven Berkoff
as The Fanatic
Sade
as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Edward Tudor-Pole
as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Bruce Payne
as Flikker
Alan Freeman
as Call-Me-Cobber
Anita Morris
as Dido Lament
Paul Rhys
as Dean Swift
Julian Firth
as The Misery Kid
C
Chris Pitt
as Baby Boom
Lionel Blair
as Harry Charms
Gary Beadle
as Johnny Wonder
Robbie Coltrane
as Mario
Jess Conrad
as Cappuccino Man
S
Smiley Culture
as D.J. Entertainer
Ronald Fraser
as Amberley Drove
Slim Gaillard
as Party Singer
Irene Handl
as Mrs Larkin
Peter-Hugo Daly
as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
A
Amanda Jane Powell
as Dorita
Johnny Shannon
as Saltzman
Sylvia Syms
as Cynthia Eve
E
Ekow Abban
as Santa Lucia Club Owner
R
Robert Austin
as Slim Brother
G
Gerry Alexander
as Ton-Up Vicar
J
Jim Dunk
as Slim Brother
J
Johnny Edge
as Trader Horn
Carmen Ejogo
as Carmen
P
Paul Fairminer
as Eddie Sex
H
Hugo First
as Maltese Lodger
P
Pat Hartley
as Ms Cool Snr
A
Astley Harvey
as Mr Cool Snr
Colin Jeavons
as Pamphleteer
A
Alfred Maron
as Bert the Tailor
Zoot Money
as Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
Sandie Shaw
as Baby Boom's Mother
Bruno Tonioli
as Maltese Lodger
Chua Kah Joo
as Dancer
Eric Sykes
as Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
T
Tony Kemp
as Dancer

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