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My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.

Genres

ComedyDramaRomance

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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.

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Budget

$860000

Revenue

$2451545

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

6.687/10

Release Date

16 November 1985

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Gordon Warnecke

Gordon Warnecke

Omar Ali

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

Johnny Burfoot

Roshan Seth

Roshan Seth

Hussein "Papa" Ali

Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey

Nasser Ali

Derrick Branche

Derrick Branche

Salim N. Ali

Rita Wolf

Rita Wolf

Tania N. Ali

Souad Faress

Souad Faress

Cherry N. Ali

Shirley Anne Field

Shirley Anne Field

Rachel

Richard Graham

Richard Graham

Genghis

Garry Cooper

Garry Cooper

Squatter

Charu Bala Chokshi

Charu Bala Chokshi

Bilquis

Persis Maravala

Persis Maravala

Nasser's Elder Daughter

Nisha Kapur

Nisha Kapur

Nasir's Younger Daughter

Walter Donohue

Walter Donohue

Dick O'Donnell

Neil Cunningham

Neil Cunningham

Englishman

Gurdial Sira

Gurdial Sira

Zaki

Stephen Marcus

Stephen Marcus

Moose

Ram John Holder

Ram John Holder

Poet

Dawn Archibald

Dawn Archibald

Gang Member #1

Jonathan Moore

Jonathan Moore

Gang Member #2

Gerard Horan

Gerard Horan

Telephone Man

Bhasker Patel

Bhasker Patel

Tariq

Badi Uzzaman

Badi Uzzaman

Dealer

Ayub Khan-Din

Ayub Khan-Din

Student

Dulice Liecier

Dulice Liecier

Girl in Disco

Chris Pitt

Chris Pitt

Kid #1

Kerryann White

Kerryann White

Kid #2

Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell

Madame Butterfly Man

Sheila Chitnis

Sheila Chitnis

Zaki's Wife

Winston Graham

Winston Graham

Jamaican #1

Dudley Thomas

Dudley Thomas

Jamaican #2

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