Sweet 'n Short
Oh Shucks... It's the New South Africa
1991 · 1h 29m · N/A
Comedy
Directed by
Gray Hofmeyr
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Sweet 'n Short
Overview
A disgraced sports presenter falls victim to an accidental head trauma and slips into a coma. He awakens months later to find that South Africa was not as he left it, he is now in the New South Africa, and his multimillion-Rand idea has been stolen from beneath him.
Director and cast
- Gray Hofmeyr Director
- Leon Schuster as Sweet Coetzee
- Casper De Vries as George Weedle
- Joanna Weinberg as Sandy
- Alfred Ntombela as Alfred Short
- Gerrit Schoonhoven as Savage
- Ivan D. Lucas as Bossie
- Gordon Edwards as Doc
- Rufus Swart as Longdrop Botha
- Sean Higgs as Cowboys Scrumhalf
- James Borthwick as Shawn Raymond
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