Sweet 'n Short
13/12/1991
In South Africa, Sweet Coetzee wins an award for 20 years service as a sportscaster on his 40th birthday, beating his rival, pompous George "The Weasle" Weedle. After Sweet gets drunk one night at his birthday party, he misses a sportscast and his boss, Bryce Williams demotes him to interviewer and promotes Weedle. A subplot of the film are two robbers, "Bossy" and "Savage" who the main characters remain remotely unaware of as they are just a comic theme. Sweet pulls a prank on Weedle during a golf game and is suspended for six month. Sweet also records Weedle having humorous intercourse with a prostitute, "The Orphan in a Storm". Sweet then decides to drown his sorrows in a casino at the slot machines, where he tricks a small boy, Alfred "Shorty" Short into thinking he is a genie. Bossy and Savage try to rob the casino when they accidentally break the disco ball and it knocks Sweet unconscious just as he hits the jackpot.
Movie Information
Leon Schuster
as Sweet Coetzee
Alfred Ntombela
as Alfred Short
Casper De Vries
as George Weedle
Rufus Swart
as Longdrop Botha
Joanna Weinberg
as Sandy
James Borthwick
as Shawn Raymond
Gerrit Schoonhoven
as Savage
Ivan D. Lucas
as Bossie
Gordon Edwards
as Doc
Sean Higgs
as Cowboys Scrumhalf
Jamie Bartlett
as Spookie Simpson
Hannes Muller
as Cowboy lock
Chris Olley
as Makulu lock
Derik Giessing
as Makulu scrumhalf
Natalie Gamsu
as Angel Weedle
Henriëtta Gryffenberg
as Orphan in a storm
Kallie Knoetze
as Big Boer
Jurgen Hellberg
as Orange farmer
Marius Du Plooy
as Farmer's son
Michal Grobbelaar
as Dominees
Niekie van den Berg
as Police file presenter
Mabel Mafuya
as Mabel
Nic Potgieter
as Petrol attendant
Ted Le Plat
as Golfer
Douglas Bristow
as Golf marshall
Mandy Kunene
as Ward sister
Peter Holden
as Hospital clerk
Kurt Egelhof
as Hospital security guard
Charlotte Butler
as Nurse
Warrick Grier
as Doctor
Leslie Mongezi
as Doctor
Joss Levine
as Casino manager
Dominic Tyawa
as Casino security guard
Trevor Quirk
as Betting announcer
Riaan Cruywagen
as Television announcer
Bettie Kemp
as Television presenter
Alyce Chavunduka
as Television presenter
Maxwell Michael Towson
as Rural gambler
Phil McCumskey
as Rural gambling manager
Lillian Dube
as Eunice Shai
Sam Ngakane
as Rugby president
Claudia Udy
as Beautiful rugby girl
John Hussey
as Steward Andrews
Graham Armitage
as Bryce Williams
David Hall-Green
as Master of ceremonies
Christel Smith
as Beauty queen
Lizz Meiring
as Bride
Phillip Wolfaardt
as Groom
Billy Crauser
as Taxi driver
Robert Travallyan
as Ticket seller
Ann Feldman
as Russian pedlar
Nomsa Nene
as Cugel
Lola Ludik
as Flasher
Mike van den Berg
as Cowboys coach
Chris Steyn
as Makulu coach
Dick Reineke
as Team doctor
Joey Graaf
as Referee
Gregory Humphreys
as Leon Schuster double
Gray Hofmeyr
as Man in hallway
Marvin Trump
as Kane
