Panic Mechanic
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Panic Mechanic

6.1 / 10 | 1h 42m | South Africa
1996 | Comedy
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 List (24)

David Lister
David Lister
Director
Leon Schuster
Leon Schuster
Schucks
Leon Schuster
Leon Schuster
Various characters
Frantz Dobrowsky
Frantz Dobrowsky
Jack Paddaman
Tolla van der Merwe
Tolla van der Merwe
Jakob
Nana Stapelberg
Nana Stapelberg
Gloria Haasbroek
Themba Ndaba
Themba Ndaba
Billy
Taryn Sudding
Taryn Sudding
Annie
Taryn Sudding
Taryn Sudding
Various characters
John Robbie
John Robbie
Self
Sello Sebotsane
Sello Sebotsane
Hijacker
Dorette Nel
Dorette Nel
Saartjie
Desmond Dube
Desmond Dube
SABC affirmative
Lieb Bester
Lieb Bester
Gys
Ernest Ndlovu
Ernest Ndlovu
SABC boss
Tim Plewman
Tim Plewman
Minister of Transport
Coco Merckel
Coco Merckel
Chauffeur
Pierre van Pletzen
Pierre van Pletzen
Coetzee
Andries van der Heever
Andries van der Heever
Leader of the Opposition
Ruth Cele
Ruth Cele
President
Thamele Mavuya
Thamele Mavuya
Frankie, homeless child
Leon Schuster
Leon Schuster
Writer
Gus Silber
Gus Silber
Writer
André Scholtz
André Scholtz
Writer

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