My Beautiful Laundrette
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
6.7(320) 1985-11-16 98 minComedyDramaRomance
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
DirectorStephen Frears
ProducerTim Bevan
ProducerSarah Radclyffe
Original Music ComposerStanley Myers
Original Music ComposerHans Zimmer
WriterHanif Kureishi
Cast & characters
Gordon Warnecke
as Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth
as Hussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
as Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche
as Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf
as Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress
as Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field
as Rachel
Richard Graham
as Genghis
Garry Cooper
as Squatter
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Charu Bala Chokshi
as Bilquis
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Persis Maravala
as Nasser's Elder Daughter
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Nisha Kapur
as Nasir's Younger Daughter
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Walter Donohue
as Dick O'Donnell
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Neil Cunningham
as Englishman
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Gurdial Sira
as Zaki
Stephen Marcus
as Moose
Ram John Holder
as Poet
Dawn Archibald
as Gang Member #1
Jonathan Moore
as Gang Member #2
Gerard Horan
as Telephone Man
Bhasker Patel
as Tariq
Badi Uzzaman
as Dealer
Ayub Khan-Din
as Student
