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Pallet on the Floor(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-01-01
50%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
One of Those Blighters.
Overview:
A murderous black comedy set in the 1960s. Sam (McCauley) and his small band of hard-drinking and eccentric friends are having a night of it when a drunk truck driver, Jack (Bach), attacks Sam's Maori wife Sue (O'Brien). In the struggle, Sam and friends end up killing Jack. None of them regrets this, but it has been observed by Miriam (Gruar) who decides to blackmail Sam. Jack's brother Joe (Napier) comes looking for revenge and ends up being killed by Basil (Spence). Their jobs at the freezer works are terminated, and Basil has his own idea about how to get out of their troubles.
Languages: English.
Countries:
New Zealand
ProductionCompanies:
Mirage Films
Movie: Pallet on the Floor
Top 10 Billed Cast
Peter McCauley
Sam Jamieson
Bruce Spence
Basil Beaumont-Foster
Tony Barry
Larkman
Terence Cooper
Brendon O'Keefe
John Bach
Jack Voot
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Overview
A murderous black comedy set in the 1960s. Sam (McCauley) and his small band of hard-drinking and eccentric friends are having a night of it when a drunk truck driver, Jack (Bach), attacks Sam's Maori wife Sue (O'Brien). In the struggle, Sam and friends end up killing Jack. None of them regrets this, but it has been observed by Miriam (Gruar) who decides to blackmail Sam. Jack's brother Joe (Napier) comes looking for revenge and ends up being killed by Basil (Spence). Their jobs at the freezer works are terminated, and Basil has his own idea about how to get out of their troubles.
Release Date
1986-01-01
Average
5
Rating:
2.5 startsTagline
One of Those Blighters.
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