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Movie · 1985

My Beautiful Laundrette

Released 16 November 1985 More from 1985 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Ram John Holder
as Poet
51
Shirley Anne Field
as Rachel
47
Badi Uzzaman
as Dealer
46
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Johnny Burfoot
28
Richard Graham
as Genghis
25
Dawn Archibald
as Gang Member #1
24
Derrick Branche
as Salim N. Ali
Unknown
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
27years between the oldest and youngest billed
51Ram John Holder — oldest on the call sheet
24Dawn Archibald — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast
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