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Overview

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...

Cast

• Name: Eddie O'Connell

  Character: Colin, Photographer / Narrator

  Popularity: 0.4412

  

• Name: Patsy Kensit

  Character: Suzette

  Popularity: 1.4248

  

• Name: James Fox

  Character: Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

  Popularity: 1.0722

  

• Name: David Bowie

  Character: Vendice Partners

  Popularity: 0.8792

  

• Name: Ray Davies

  Character: Arthur, Colin's Dad

  Popularity: 0.137

  

• Name: Mandy Rice-Davies

  Character: Flora, Colin's Mum

  Popularity: 0.0766

  

• Name: Eve Ferret

  Character: Big Jill

  Popularity: 0.1578

  

• Name: Tony Hippolyte

  Character: Mr. Cool

  Popularity: 0.0721