Absolute Beginners (1986)

Absolute Beginners
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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...

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Cast

Patsy Kensit
as Suzette
Carmen Ejogo
as Carmen
Peter-Hugo Daly
as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
James Fox
as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Robbie Coltrane
as Mario
Bruce Payne
as Flikker
Steven Berkoff
as The Fanatic
David Bowie
as Vendice Partners
Jess Conrad
as Cappuccino Man
Paul Rhys
as Dean Swift
Sylvia Syms
as Cynthia Eve
Irene Handl
as Mrs Larkin
Joseph McKenna
as Fabulous Hoplite
Gary Beadle
as Johnny Wonder
Ronald Fraser
as Amberley Drove
Colin Jeavons
as Pamphleteer
Sandie Shaw
as Baby Boom's Mother
Julian Firth
as The Misery Kid
Anita Morris
as Dido Lament
Eric Sykes
as Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Edward Tudor-Pole
as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Lionel Blair
as Harry Charms
Bruno Tonioli
as Maltese Lodger
Ray Davies
as Arthur, Colin's Dad
Sade
as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Eddie O'Connell
as Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Eve Ferret
as Big Jill
Mandy Rice-Davies
as Flora, Colin's Mum
Johnny Shannon
as Saltzman
Chua Kah Joo
as Dancer
Alan Freeman
as Call-Me-Cobber
Zoot Money
as Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Wizard
Slim Gaillard
as Party Singer
Tony Hippolyte
as Mr. Cool

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