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Panic Mechanic

Genres
Comedy
Rating
5.7
StatusReleased
LanguagesAfrikaansEnglish
CountriesSouth Africa
Release Date1996-11-29
Runtime101 mins

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.

Cast & Crew

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Leon Schuster

as Schuks

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Frantz Dobrowsky

as Jack Paddaman

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Tolla Van Der Merwe

as Jakob

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Nana Stapelberg

as Gloria Haasbroek

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Themba Ndaba

as Billy

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Taryn Sudding

as Annie / Various characters

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John Robbie

as Himself

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Sello Sebotsane

as Hijacker

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Dorette Nel

as Saartjie

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Desmond Dube

as SABC man

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Lieb Bester

as Gys

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Ernest Ndhlovu

as SABC boss

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Tim Plewman

as Minister of Transport

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Coco Merckel

as Chauffeur

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Pierre van Pletzen

as Coetzee

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Andries van der Heever

as Leader of the Opposition

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Ruth Cele

as The President

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Thamele Mavuya

as Frankie (Homeless Child)

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Dick Reineke

as Schuks' Neighbour

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Zukile Gqobose

as Mfusi

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Francois Stemmet

as Jan van der Merwe

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Marga van Rooy

as Mrs. van der Merwe

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Nick Collis

as Self - Actor in Audition

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James Borthwick

as Self - Actor in Audtion

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Nick Lorentz

as Self - Actor in Audtion

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Terence Reis

as Self - Actor in Audtion

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Richard Carter

as Camp Chap

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David Hall-Green

as TV Newscaster

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John Lesley

as Priest

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Wendy Rudolph

as Pizza Delivery Lady

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Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole

as Barman

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Hannah Botha

as Minibus Passenger (uncredited)

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Andre Scholtz

as Kobus Wiese's Friend (uncredited)

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Shaleen Surtie-Richards

as Minibuss Passenger (uncredited)

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Kobus Wiese

as Self (uncredited)

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