Cast & crew
Absolute Beginners (1986)
Directed by Julien Temple Written by Christopher Wicking, Richard Burridge, Don MacPherson
Cast
| Eddie O'Connell | Photographer |
| James Fox | Dressmaker |
| Patsy Kensit | Suzette Wong |
| David Bowie | Vendice Partners |
| Ray Davies | Food Court Dad |
| Mandy Rice-Davies | Flora McGrath |
| Eve Ferret | Jill Layton |
| Tony Hippolyte | Mr. Vornick |
| Graham Fletcher-Cook | Wizard |
| Bruce Payne | Flikker |
| Sade | Athene |
| Joseph McKenna | Fabulous Hoplite |
| Steven Berkoff | Horned Fanatic |
| Edward Tudor-Pole | Tudor |
| Alan Freeman | Cobber |
| Anita Morris | Dido |
| Paul Rhys | Swift |
| Lionel Blair | Harry |
| Chris Pitt | Boom-Boom |
| Julian Firth | Misery |
| Gary Beadle | Wonder Womyn |
| Robbie Coltrane | Mario |
| Jess Conrad | Cappuccino Commotion |
| Smiley Culture | Entertainer |
| Ronald Fraser | Amberley Drove |
| Slim Gaillard | Singer |
| Irene Handl | Larkin |
| Sylvia Syms | Cynthia |
| Peter-Hugo Daly | Daly |
| Amanda Jane Powell | Dorita |
| Johnny Shannon | Alaric Saltzman |
| Ekow Abban | Lucia |
| Robert Austin | Texas Slim |
| Jim Dunk | Texas Slim |
| Hugo First | Lodger |
| Gerry Alexander | Ton |
| Johnny Edge | Slave Trader |
| Carmen Ejogo | Carmen |
| Paul Fairminer | Sex Olympics |
| Pat Hartley | Patton Snr. |
| Astley Harvey | Patton Snr. |
| Colin Jeavons | Pamphleteer |
| Alfred Maron | Bert |
| Zoot Money | Nobody |
| Sandie Shaw | Baby Bellhop |
| Bruno Tonioli | Lodger |
| Chua Kah Joo | Dream Dancer |
| Eric Sykes | Arcade |
| Tony Kemp | Dream Dancer |
Crew
| Christopher Wicking | Screenplay |
| David Perry | Costume Assistant |
| John Beard | Production Design |
| Gil Evans | Music Arranger |
| Richard Burridge | Screenplay |
| Don MacPherson | Screenplay |
| Julien Temple | Director |
| Colin MacInnes | Novel |
| Russell Lloyd | Editor |
| Nik Powell | Executive Producer |
| Sue Blane | Costume Designer |
| Alan Winstanley | Music Producer |
| David Toguri | Choreographer |
| Gil Evans | Conductor |
| Richard Bedford | Editor |
| Gerry Hambling | Editor |
| Al Clark | Executive Producer |
| David Wimbury | Associate Producer |
| Robert Devereux | Executive Producer |
| Terry Johnson | Additional Dialogue |
| Clive Langer | Music Producer |
| David John | Sound Mixer |
| Michael Bradsell | Editor |
| Kathy Sykes | Production Coordinator |
| Mike Proudfoot | Camera Operator |
| Stuart Rose | Art Direction |
| Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Joanne Woollard | Set Dresser |
| Ken Wheatley | Art Direction |
| Leonara Davis | Casting |
| Mary Selway | Casting |
| Valerie Craig | Production Coordinator |
| Ray Corbett | Assistant Director |
| Peter Kohn | Production Manager |
| Chris Brown | Producer |
| Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Leonard Green | Assistant Editor |
| Peter Frampton | Makeup Artist |
| Elaine Bowerbank | Hairstylist |
| Stephen Woolley | Producer |
| David Grimsdale | Sound Editor |
| Derek Holding | Sound Editor |
| Eddy Joseph | Sound Editor |
| Howard Lanning | Sound Editor |
| David Bowie | Songs |
| Julien Temple | Songs |
| Ray Davies | Songs |
| Clive Langer | Songs |
| Clive Barrett | Assistant Editor |
| Joyce Stoneman | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Barbara Rutter | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Helen Eley | Assistant Editor |
| Paul Conway | Assistant Editor |
| Stuart De Jong | Assistant Editor |
| Mary Dockwrey | Assistant Editor |
| Mark Latimer | Assistant Editor |
| Andy Stears | Assistant Editor |
| Mary Holdsworth | Script Supervisor |
| Cynthia Lole | Music Coordinator |
| Daniel Secunda | Music Coordinator |
| Michael Clifford | Music Editor |
| Tracy Drew | Title Designer |