Absolute Beginners (1986)
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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
Chua Kah Joo
Dancer
Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Crew (37)
Richard Burridge
Screenplay
Don MacPherson
Screenplay
Christopher Wicking
Screenplay
Colin MacInnes
Novel
Julien Temple
Director
Sue Blane
Costume Designer
Robert Devereux
Executive Producer
Terry Johnson
Additional Dialogue
David Toguri
Choreographer
Clive Langer
Music Producer
Alan Winstanley
Music Producer
Ken Wheatley
Art Direction
Peter Kohn
Production Manager
Susie Figgis
Casting
Michael Bradsell
Editor
Gerry Hambling
Editor
Gil Evans
Music Arranger, Conductor
Nik Powell
Executive Producer
Ray Corbett
Assistant Director
Joanne Woollard
Set Dresser
John Beard
Production Design
Richard Bedford
Editor
Russell Lloyd
Editor
Mike Proudfoot
Camera Operator
Stuart Rose
Art Direction
Al Clark
Executive Producer
David Perry
Costume Assistant
David Wimbury
Associate Producer
Valerie Craig
Production Coordinator
Leonara Davis
Casting
David John
Sound Mixer
Mary Selway
Casting
Kathy Sykes
Production Coordinator
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography
Leonard Green
Assistant Editor
Stephen Woolley
Producer
Chris Brown
Producer