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...

Drama Music Romance

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)

Graham Fletcher-Cook

(Wizard)

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)

Chris Pitt

(Baby Boom)

Lionel Blair

(Harry Charms)

Gary Beadle

(Johnny Wonder)

Robbie Coltrane

(Mario)

Jess Conrad

(Cappuccino Man)

Smiley Culture

(D.J. Entertainer)

Ronald Fraser

(Amberley Drove)

Slim Gaillard

(Party Singer)

Irene Handl

(Mrs Larkin)

Peter-Hugo Daly

(Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly))

Amanda Jane Powell

(Dorita)

Johnny Shannon

(Saltzman)

Sylvia Syms

(Cynthia Eve)

Ekow Abban

(Santa Lucia Club Owner)

Robert Austin

(Slim Brother)

Gerry Alexander

(Ton-Up Vicar)

Jim Dunk

(Slim Brother)

Johnny Edge

(Trader Horn)

Carmen Ejogo

(Carmen)

Paul Fairminer

(Eddie Sex)

Hugo First

(Maltese Lodger)

Pat Hartley

(Ms Cool Snr)

Astley Harvey

(Mr Cool Snr)

Colin Jeavons

(Pamphleteer)

Alfred Maron

(Bert the Tailor)

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))

Barrie Holland

(Fashion Editor (uncredited))