CinemaOSMovie · 1996 · 1h 41m

Panic Mechanic

57%(3)IMDbComedy

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.

Directed byDavid Lister

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 41m
Language
EN
Released
November 29, 1996
Budget
$262,987
Revenue
$949,678

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Leon Schuster

Leon Schuster

Schuks

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 / Various characters

John Robbie

John Robbie

Himself

Sello Sebotsane

Sello Sebotsane

Hijacker

Dorette Nel

Dorette Nel

Saartjie

Desmond Dube

Desmond Dube

SABC man

Creative team
Directed by
David Lister
Written by
Leon Schuster
Leon Schuster
Gus Silber
Produced by
Andre Scholtz

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