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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...
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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
Julien Temple
Director
Christopher Wicking
Screenplay
Don MacPherson
Screenplay
Richard Burridge
Screenplay
Colin MacInnes
Novel
Nik Powell
Executive Producer
Al Clark
Executive Producer
Robert Devereux
Executive Producer
Stephen Woolley
Producer
Chris Brown
Producer
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography
Richard Bedford
Editor
Gerry Hambling
Editor
Russell Lloyd
Editor
Michael Bradsell
Editor
