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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.
Theatrical
Mar 7, 1986
Box Office
$2.5M
Budget
$860K
Return
2.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 3, 2003
Theaters
2
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Working Title Films, SAF Productions, Channel Four Films
Cast
Full credits →G
Gordon Warnecke
Omar Ali
D
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnny Burfoot
R
Roshan Seth
Hussein "Papa" Ali
S
Saeed Jaffrey
Nasser Ali
D
Derrick Branche
Salim N. Ali
R
Rita Wolf
Tania N. Ali
S
Souad Faress
Cherry N. Ali
S
Shirley Anne Field
Rachel
R
Richard Graham
Genghis
G
Garry Cooper
Squatter
C
Charu Bala Chokshi
Bilquis
W
Walter Donohue
Dick O'Donnell
N
Neil Cunningham
Englishman
G
Gurdial Sira
Zaki
S
Stephen Marcus
Moose
R
Ram John Holder
Poet
D
Dawn Archibald
Gang Member #1
J
Jonathan Moore
Gang Member #2
G
Gerard Horan
Telephone Man
B
Bhasker Patel
Tariq
