Panic Mechanic (1997)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1997 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 40m

Overview

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.

David Lister

Director

Cast

Leon Schuster's headshot

Leon Schuster

Schuks
Tolla Van Der Merwe's headshot

Tolla Van Der Merwe

Jakob
Frantz Dobrowsky's headshot

Frantz Dobrowsky

Jack Paddaman
Nana Stapelberg's headshot

Nana Stapelberg

Gloria Haasbroek
Themba Ndaba's headshot

Themba Ndaba

Billy
Taryn Sudding's headshot

Taryn Sudding

Annie / Various characters
John Robbie's headshot

John Robbie

Himself
Dorette Nel's headshot

Dorette Nel

Saartjie

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