My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
97 min
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.
- Release date
- November 16, 1985
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, Australia
- Budget
- $860,000
- Box office
- $2,451,545
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Cast
- Gordon Warnecke as Omar
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Johnny
- Roshan Seth as Papa
- Saeed Jaffrey as Nasser
- Derrick Branche as Salim
- 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
- Charu Bala Chokshi as Bilquis
- Walter Donohue as Dick O'Donnell
- 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
- Chris Pitt as Kid #1
- Kerryann White as Kid #2
- Colin Campbell as Madame Butterfly Man
- Winston Graham as Jamaican One
- Dudley Thomas as Jamaican Two
Crew
- Stephen Frears · Director
- Hanif Kureishi · Writer
- Tim Bevan · Producer
- Sarah Radclyffe · Producer
- Stanley Myers · Composer
- Hans Zimmer · Composer
- Oliver Stapleton · Cinematographer
- Mick Audsley · Editor
- Debbie McWilliams · Casting director
- Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski · Production designer