Absolute Beginners

Lionel Blair as Harry Charms Jess Conrad as Cappuccino Man Sylvia Syms as Cynthia Eve Johnny Shannon as Saltzman Colin Jeavons as Pamphleteer Zoot Money as Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money) Eric Sykes as Arcade Attendant (uncredited) Joseph McKenna as Fabulous Hoplite Bruce Payne as Flikker Slim Gaillard as Party Singer Patsy Kensit as Suzette James Fox as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen Sade as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu) Julian Firth as The Misery Kid David Bowie as Vendice Partners Eve Ferret as Big Jill Edward Tudor-Pole as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor) Robbie Coltrane as Mario Peter-Hugo Daly as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly) Bruno Tonioli as Maltese Lodger Steven Berkoff as The Fanatic Alan Freeman as Call-Me-Cobber Gary Beadle as Johnny Wonder Irene Handl as Mrs Larkin Sandie Shaw as Baby Boom's Mother Eddie O'Connell as Colin, Photographer / Narrator Ray Davies as Arthur, Colin's Dad Mandy Rice-Davies as Flora, Colin's Mum Anita Morris as Dido Lament Ronald Fraser as Amberley Drove Carmen Ejogo as Carmen Chua Kah Joo as Dancer Paul Rhys as Dean Swift Tony Hippolyte as Mr. Cool Graham Fletcher-Cook as Wizard

Clive Langer Music Producer, Songs Susie Figgis Casting Julien Temple Director, Songs Stephen Woolley Producer Chris Brown Producer Oliver Stapleton Director of Photography David Bowie Songs Ray Davies Songs