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Absolute Beginners

Lists: Drama, Romance, Music

Brief Synopsis: "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..."

Overall Ranking: - (Rank from 1986: # 0)


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  • Eddie OConnell (Colin, Photographer / Narrator)
  • Patsy Kensit (Suzette)
  • David Bowie (Vendice Partners)
  • James Fox (Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen)
  • Ray Davies (Arthur, Colins Dad)
  • Mandy Rice-Davies (Flora, Colins 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 Booms Mother)
  • Bruno Tonioli (Maltese Lodger)
  • Eric Sykes (Arcade Attendant (uncredited))