Panic Mechanic

Panic Mechanic by David Lister

5.70

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.

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Cast

Leon Schuster

Leon Schuster as Schuks

Frantz Dobrowsky

Frantz Dobrowsky as Jack Paddaman

Tolla Van Der Merwe

Tolla Van Der Merwe as Jakob

Nana Stapelberg

Nana Stapelberg as Gloria Haasbroek

Themba Ndaba

Themba Ndaba as Billy

Taryn Sudding

Taryn Sudding as Annie / Various characters

John Robbie

John Robbie as Himself

Sello Sebotsane

Sello Sebotsane as Hijacker

Dorette Nel

Dorette Nel as Saartjie

Desmond Dube

Desmond Dube as SABC man

Lieb Bester

Lieb Bester as Gys

Ernest Ndhlovu

Ernest Ndhlovu as SABC boss

Tim Plewman

Tim Plewman as Minister of Transport

Coco Merckel

Coco Merckel as Chauffeur

Pierre van Pletzen

Pierre van Pletzen as Coetzee

Andries van der Heever

Andries van der Heever as Leader of the Opposition

Ruth Cele

Ruth Cele as The President

Thamele Mavuya

Thamele Mavuya as Frankie (Homeless Child)

Dick Reineke

Dick Reineke as Schuks' Neighbour

Zukile Gqobose

Zukile Gqobose as Mfusi

Francois Stemmet

Francois Stemmet as Jan van der Merwe

Marga van Rooy

Marga van Rooy as Mrs. van der Merwe

Nick Collis

Nick Collis as Self - Actor in Audition

James Borthwick

James Borthwick as Self - Actor in Audtion

Nick Lorentz

Nick Lorentz as Self - Actor in Audtion

Terence Reis

Terence Reis as Self - Actor in Audtion

Richard Carter

Richard Carter as Camp Chap

David Hall-Green

David Hall-Green as TV Newscaster

John Lesley

John Lesley as Priest

Wendy Rudolph

Wendy Rudolph as Pizza Delivery Lady

Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole

Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole as Barman

Hannah Botha

Hannah Botha as Minibus Passenger (uncredited)

Andre Scholtz

Andre Scholtz as Kobus Wiese's Friend (uncredited)

Shaleen Surtie-Richards

Shaleen Surtie-Richards as Minibuss Passenger (uncredited)

Kobus Wiese

Kobus Wiese as Self (uncredited)

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