My Beautiful Laundrette

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My Beautiful Laundrette

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

1985

1h 38m

6.7(285 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

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Cast & Crew

31 members

Acting

Gordon Warnecke

Omar Ali

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Johnny Burfoot

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Roshan Seth

Hussein "Papa" Ali

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Saeed Jaffrey

Nasser Ali

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Derrick Branche

Salim N. Ali

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Rita Wolf

Tania N. Ali

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Souad Faress

Cherry N. Ali

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Shirley Anne Field

Rachel

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Richard Graham

Genghis

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Garry Cooper

Squatter

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Charu Bala Chokshi

Bilquis

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Persis Maravala

Nasser's Elder Daughter

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Nisha Kapur

Nasir's Younger Daughter

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Writing

Walter Donohue

Dick O'Donnell

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Neil Cunningham

Englishman

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Gurdial Sira

Zaki

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Stephen Marcus

Moose

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Ram John Holder

Poet

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Dawn Archibald

Gang Member #1

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Jonathan Moore

Gang Member #2

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Gerard Horan

Telephone Man

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Bhasker Patel

Tariq

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Badi Uzzaman

Dealer

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Ayub Khan-Din

Student

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Dulice Liecier

Girl in Disco

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Chris Pitt

Kid #1

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Kerryann White

Kid #2

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Colin Campbell

Madame Butterfly Man

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Sheila Chitnis

Zaki's Wife

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Winston Graham

Jamaican #1

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Dudley Thomas

Jamaican #2

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