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