Panic Mechanic
29/11/1996
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.
Movie Information
Leon Schuster
as Schuks
Frantz Dobrowsky
as Jack Paddaman
Tolla Van Der Merwe
as Jakob
Nana Stapelberg
as Gloria Haasbroek
Themba Ndaba
as Billy
Taryn Sudding
as Annie / Various characters
John Robbie
as Himself
Sello Sebotsane
as Hijacker
Dorette Nel
as Saartjie
Desmond Dube
as SABC man
Lieb Bester
as Gys
Ernest Ndhlovu
as SABC boss
Tim Plewman
as Minister of Transport
Coco Merckel
as Chauffeur
Pierre van Pletzen
as Coetzee
Andries van der Heever
as Leader of the Opposition
Ruth Cele
as The President
Thamele Mavuya
as Frankie (Homeless Child)
Dick Reineke
as Schuks' Neighbour
Zukile Gqobose
as Mfusi
Francois Stemmet
as Jan van der Merwe
Marga van Rooy
as Mrs. van der Merwe
Nick Collis
as Self - Actor in Audition
James Borthwick
as Self - Actor in Audtion
Nick Lorentz
as Self - Actor in Audtion
Terence Reis
as Self - Actor in Audtion
Richard Carter
as Camp Chap
David Hall-Green
as TV Newscaster
John Lesley
as Priest
Wendy Rudolph
as Pizza Delivery Lady
Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole
as Barman
Hannah Botha
as Minibus Passenger (uncredited)
Andre Scholtz
as Kobus Wiese's Friend (uncredited)
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
as Minibuss Passenger (uncredited)
Kobus Wiese
as Self (uncredited)
