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Carry Me Back
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Carry Me Back

Jun 1, 1982
1h 42m
★ 6.5

Dad's dead weight. And they're both dead tired. But they'll both be dead broke. Unless they can carry him back.

Overview

Two brothers take their father into the city for the weekend for a rugby game and a night on the town. However, the old man dies in their hotel and the boys need to smuggle his body back to their farm and make it appear that he died there to satisfy a clause in his will or else they won't inherit the property.

Genres

Comedy
Drama

Production Companies

New Zealand Film Commission

Cast

Grant Tilly

Grant Tilly

Kelly Johnson

Kelly Johnson

Dorothy McKegg

Dorothy McKegg

Derek Hardwick

Derek Hardwick

Joanne Mildenhall

Joanne Mildenhall

Alex Trousdel

Alex Trousdel

Frank Edwards

Frank Edwards

Michael Haigh

Michael Haigh

Brian Sergent

Brian Sergent

John Bach

John Bach

Kate Harcourt

Kate Harcourt

Bruno Lawrence

Bruno Lawrence

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