My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

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

1985•1h 38m•6.7/10

ComedyDramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(296)

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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Production

Working Title Films, SAF Productions, Channel Four Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

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

Bilquis

Persis Maravala

Nasser's Elder Daughter

Nisha Kapur

Nasir's Younger Daughter

Walter Donohue

Dick O'Donnell

Neil Cunningham

Englishman

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

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