My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette
Release: 1985-11-16
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.7
Comedy
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Working Title Films
SAF Productions
Channel Four Films
Cast
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
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
Dulice Liecier
as Girl in Disco
Colin Campbell
as Madame Butterfly Man
Crew
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography
Hanif Kureishi
Author
Stephen Frears
Director
Tim Bevan
Producer
Debbie McWilliams
Casting
Lindy Hemming
Costume Design
Nosher Powell
Stunt Coordinator
Rocky Taylor
Stunt Coordinator
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Hanif Kureishi
Writer
Rebecca O'Brien
Location Manager