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Panic Mechanic( 1996)

TV-MAComedy
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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Leon Schuster

      Schuks

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      Tolla Van Der Merwe

      Jakob

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      Frantz Dobrowsky

      Jack Paddaman

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      Nana Stapelberg

      Gloria Haasbroek

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      Themba Ndaba

      Billy

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      Taryn Sudding

      Annie / Various characters

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      John Robbie

      Himself

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      Dorette Nel

      Saartjie

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      Sello Sebotsane

      Hijacker

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      Desmond Dube

      SABC man

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      Lieb Bester

      Gys

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      Ernest Ndhlovu

      SABC boss

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      Pierre van Pletzen

      Coetzee

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      Tim Plewman

      Minister of Transport

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • rocket
    • slapstick comedy