Released:
1986-01-01

Overview:
A murderous black comedy set in the 1960s. Sam (McCauley) and his small band of hard-drinking and eccentric friends are having a night of it when a drunk truck driver, Jack (Bach), attacks Sam's Maori wife Sue (O'Brien). In the struggle, Sam and friends end up killing Jack. None of them regrets this, but it has been observed by Miriam (Gruar) who decides to blackmail Sam. Jack's brother Joe (Napier) comes looking for revenge and ends up being killed by Basil (Spence). Their jobs at the freezer works are terminated, and Basil has his own idea about how to get out of their troubles.

Director:
Lynton Butler

Runtime:
1h 28min

Genre:
Comedy, Crime, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Peter McCauley
  as
  Sam Jamieson
• 
  Jillian O'Brien
  as
  Sue Jamieson
• 
  Bruce Spence
  as
  Basil Beaumont-Foster
• 
  Shirley Gruar
  as
  Miriam Breen
• 
  Alistair Douglas
  as
  Stan Breen