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5.5(70) 1986-04-04 108 minDramaMusicRomance
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...
ScreenplayRichard Burridge
ScreenplayDon MacPherson
ScreenplayChristopher Wicking
DirectorJulien Temple
ProducerStephen Woolley
ProducerChris Brown
Cast & characters
Eddie O'Connell
as Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Patsy Kensit
as Suzette
James Fox
as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
David Bowie
as Vendice Partners
Ray Davies
as Arthur, Colin's Dad
Mandy Rice-Davies
as Flora, Colin's Mum
Eve Ferret
as Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte
as Mr. Cool
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Wizard
Joseph McKenna
as Fabulous Hoplite
Steven Berkoff
as The Fanatic
Sade
as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Edward Tudor-Pole
as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Bruce Payne
as Flikker
Alan Freeman
as Call-Me-Cobber
Anita Morris
as Dido Lament
Paul Rhys
as Dean Swift
Julian Firth
as The Misery Kid
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Chris Pitt
as Baby Boom
Lionel Blair
as Harry Charms
Gary Beadle
as Johnny Wonder
Robbie Coltrane
as Mario
Jess Conrad
as Cappuccino Man
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Smiley Culture
as D.J. Entertainer
