Sweet 'n Short

Sweet 'n Short (1991)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1991-12-13
  • User Rating: 4.7/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Production Country: South Africa
  • Director: Gray Hofmeyr
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Summary

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.

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  • 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
Directing Gray Hofmeyr Director
Writing Leon Schuster Writer
Writing Gray Hofmeyr Writer

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