Van der Merwe PI
1985 · 1h 35m · N/A
Action, Comedy
Directed by
Regardt van den Bergh
Overview
South African beauty and former Miss World, Anneline Kriel stars in this action comedy about Van der Merwe, a struggling private eye. The detective’s bad luck seems set to change when drug lord Jack Barnard hires him to find Barnard’s missing girlfriend, Angel Labuschagne.
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