Stickmen

Jan 18, 2001

1h 38m

★ 5.4

Overview

Jack, Thomas and Wayne are the Stickmen. They like nothing more than having a beer in one hand, a pool cue in the other, a coin on the table and a sexy bird or two. They play pub pool for fun and money at Dave's bar. Desperate to get out of debt, Dave gets the Stickmen entered into a high stakes pool tournament run by vicious crime boss "Daddy". He also gets them into a whole rack of trouble.

Genres

Drama

Action

Comedy

Production Companies

Stick Films

Stickmen Trailers

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Cast

Jack

Robbie Magasiva

Thomas

Paolo Rotondo

Wayne

Scott Wills

Karen

Simone Kessell

Sara

Anne Nordhaus

Holden

Kirk Torrance

Dave

John Leigh

Daddy

Enrico Mammarella

Lulu

Luanne Gordon

Hugh

Matthew Chamberlain

Jimmy

Rhys Morgan

Eric

Victor Rodger

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