Absolute Beginners

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

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