Movie: Panic Mechanic

Top 10 Billed Cast

Leon Schuster
Leon Schuster

Schuks

Tolla Van Der Merwe
Tolla Van Der Merwe

Jakob

Frantz Dobrowsky
Frantz Dobrowsky

Jack Paddaman

Nana Stapelberg
Nana Stapelberg

Gloria Haasbroek

Themba Ndaba
Themba Ndaba

Billy

Taryn Sudding
Taryn Sudding

Annie / Various characters

John Robbie
John Robbie

Himself

Dorette Nel
Dorette Nel

Saartjie

Sello Sebotsane
Sello Sebotsane

Hijacker

Desmond Dube
Desmond Dube

SABC man

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    When Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.

  • Release Date

    1996-11-29

  • Average

    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    AfrikaansEnglish
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