Pallet on the Floor

Jan 1, 1986

1h 28m

★ 5.0

One of Those Blighters.

Overview

A murderous black comedy set in the 1960s. Sam (McCauley) and his small band of hard-drinking and eccentric friends are having a night of it when a drunk truck driver, Jack (Bach), attacks Sam's Maori wife Sue (O'Brien). In the struggle, Sam and friends end up killing Jack. None of them regrets this, but it has been observed by Miriam (Gruar) who decides to blackmail Sam. Jack's brother Joe (Napier) comes looking for revenge and ends up being killed by Basil (Spence). Their jobs at the freezer works are terminated, and Basil has his own idea about how to get out of their troubles.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Mirage Films

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Cast

Sam Jamieson

Peter McCauley

Sue Jamieson

Jillian O'Brien

Basil Beaumont-Foster

Bruce Spence

Miriam Breen

Shirley Gruar

Stan Breen

Alistair Douglas

Larkman

Tony Barry

Spud McGhee

Jeremy Stephens

Shorty Larsen

Michael Wilson

Brendon O'Keefe

Terence Cooper

Jack Voot

John Bach

Joe Voot

Marshall Napier

Mason Voot

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