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# My Beautiful Laundrette (1985): cast and crew

31 cast and 26 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Gordon Warnecke](https://film.one/person/gordon-warnecke.md) as Omar Ali
- [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://film.one/person/daniel-day-lewis.md) as Johnny Burfoot
- [Roshan Seth](https://film.one/person/roshan-seth.md) as Hussein "Papa" Ali
- [Saeed Jaffrey](https://film.one/person/saeed-jaffrey.md) as Nasser Ali
- [Derrick Branche](https://film.one/person/derrick-branche.md) as Salim N. Ali
- [Rita Wolf](https://film.one/person/rita-wolf.md) as Tania N. Ali
- [Souad Faress](https://film.one/person/souad-faress.md) as Cherry N. Ali
- [Shirley Anne Field](https://film.one/person/shirley-anne-field.md) as Rachel
- [Richard Graham](https://film.one/person/richard-graham.md) as Genghis
- [Garry Cooper](https://film.one/person/garry-cooper.md) as Squatter
- [Charu Bala Chokshi](https://film.one/person/charu-bala-chokshi.md) as Bilquis
- [Persis Maravala](https://film.one/person/persis-maravala.md) as Nasser's Elder Daughter
- Nisha Kapur as Nasir's Younger Daughter
- Walter Donohue as Dick O'Donnell
- [Neil Cunningham](https://film.one/person/neil-cunningham.md) as Englishman
- Gurdial Sira as Zaki
- [Stephen Marcus](https://film.one/person/stephen-marcus.md) as Moose
- Ram John Holder as Poet
- Dawn Archibald as Gang Member #1
- Jonathan Moore as Gang Member #2
- Gerard Horan as Telephone Man
- Bhasker Patel as Tariq
- Badi Uzzaman as Dealer
- [Ayub Khan-Din](https://film.one/person/ayub-khan-din.md) as Student
- Dulice Liecier as Girl in Disco
- Chris Pitt as Kid #1
- Kerryann White as Kid #2
- Colin Campbell as Madame Butterfly Man
- Sheila Chitnis as Zaki's Wife
- Winston Graham as Jamaican #1
- Dudley Thomas as Jamaican #2

## Directing

- [Stephen Frears](https://film.one/person/stephen-frears.md): Director
- Penny Eyles: Continuity

## Writing

- [Hanif Kureishi](https://film.one/person/hanif-kureishi.md): Author, Writer

## Production

- [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md): Producer
- [Sarah Radclyffe](https://film.one/person/sarah-radclyffe.md): Producer
- Debbie McWilliams: Casting
- Jane Frazer: Production Manager
- [Rebecca O'Brien](https://film.one/person/rebecca-obrien.md): Location Manager

## Camera

- [Oliver Stapleton](https://film.one/person/oliver-stapleton.md): Director of Photography
- Mike Laye: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Mick Audsley](https://film.one/person/mick-audsley.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Stanley Myers](https://film.one/person/stanley-myers.md): Original Music Composer
- [Hans Zimmer](https://film.one/person/hans-zimmer.md): Original Music Composer
- Albert Bailey: Sound Recordist
- St. Clair Davis: Boom Operator

## Art

- [Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski](https://film.one/person/hugo-luczyc-wyhowski.md): Production Design
- Ray Perry Sr.: Property Master
- Alison Dominitz: Assistant Art Director

## Costume and make-up

- [Lindy Hemming](https://film.one/person/lindy-hemming.md): Costume Design
- Elaine Carew: Makeup Artist
- Wendy Rawson: Hairstylist

## Lighting

- Malcolm Davies: Gaffer

## Crew

- Jim Dowdall: Stunt Coordinator
- Nosher Powell: Stunt Coordinator
- Rocky Taylor: Stunt Coordinator
- [Bill Weston](https://film.one/person/bill-weston.md): Stunt Coordinator

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