
Pallet on the Floor
1986-01-01 · 88 min · ★ 6.5
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.
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- Directors
- Lynton Butler
- Production companies
- Mirage Films
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Status
- Released
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Peter McCauleySam Jamieson
Bruce SpenceBasil Beaumont-Foster
Tony BarryLarkman
Terence CooperBrendon O'Keefe
John BachJack Voot
Marshall NapierJoe Voot
Peter RowleyHenderson
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