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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...

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Creators

Julien Temple

director

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Richard Burridge

writer

Christopher Wicking

writer

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Colin MacInnes

writer

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Don Macpherson

writer

Cast

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Eddie O'Connell actor Patsy Kensit actor James Fox actor David Bowie actor Ray Davies actor Mandy Rice-Davies actor Eve Ferret actor

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Tony Hippolyte actor

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Graham Fletcher-Cook actor

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Joseph McKenna actor Steven Berkoff actor

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Sade actor Edward Tudor-Pole actor Bruce Payne actor

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Alan Freeman actor Anita Morris actor Paul Rhys actor Julian Firth actor Chris Pitt actor Lionel Blair actor