Sweet 'n Short
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
1991-12-13
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
4.7
Leon Schuster
Sweet Coetzee
Alfred Ntombela
Alfred Short
Casper De Vries
George Weedle
Rufus Swart
Longdrop Botha
Joanna Weinberg
Sandy
James Borthwick
Shawn Raymond
Gerrit Schoonhoven
Savage
Ivan D. Lucas
Bossie
Gordon Edwards
Doc
Sean Higgs
Cowboys Scrumhalf
Jamie Bartlett
Spookie Simpson
Hannes Muller
Cowboy lock
Chris Olley
Makulu lock
Derik Giessing
Makulu scrumhalf
Natalie Gamsu
Angel Weedle
Henriëtta Gryffenberg
Orphan in a storm
Kallie Knoetze
Big Boer
Jurgen Hellberg
Orange farmer
Marius Du Plooy
Farmer's son
Michal Grobbelaar
Dominees
Niekie van den Berg
Police file presenter
Mabel Mafuya
Mabel
Nic Potgieter
Petrol attendant
Ted Le Plat
Golfer
Douglas Bristow
Golf marshall
Mandy Kunene
Ward sister
Peter Holden
Hospital clerk
Kurt Egelhof
Hospital security guard
Charlotte Butler
Nurse
Warrick Grier
Doctor
Leslie Mongezi
Doctor
Joss Levine
Casino manager
Dominic Tyawa
Casino security guard
Trevor Quirk
Betting announcer
Riaan Cruywagen
Television announcer
Bettie Kemp
Television presenter
Alyce Chavunduka
Television presenter
Maxwell Michael Towson
Rural gambler
Phil McCumskey
Rural gambling manager
Lillian Dube
Eunice Shai
Sam Ngakane
Rugby president
Claudia Udy
Beautiful rugby girl
John Hussey
Steward Andrews
Graham Armitage
Bryce Williams
David Hall-Green
Master of ceremonies
Christel Smith
Beauty queen
Lizz Meiring
Bride
Phillip Wolfaardt
Groom
Billy Crauser
Taxi driver
Robert Travallyan
Ticket seller
Ann Feldman
Russian pedlar
Nomsa Nene
Cugel
Lola Ludik
Flasher
Mike van den Berg
Cowboys coach
Chris Steyn
Makulu coach
Dick Reineke
Team doctor
Joey Graaf
Referee
Gregory Humphreys
Leon Schuster double
Gray Hofmeyr
Man in hallway
Marvin Trump
Kane
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