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