Comedy ·Crime ·Drama · New Zealand · 1986 · 1h 28m

Pallet on the Floor

Pallet on the Floor poster
Director
Lynton Butler
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 Tony Barry as Larkman
Crew
Kevin Hayward — Director of Photography Patrick Monaghan — Editor Jonathon Crawford — Original Music Composer Bruno Lawrence — Original Music Composer Lynton Butler — Screenplay Martyn Sanderson — Screenplay
Tagline

One of Those Blighters.

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
voyeurism
Key Collaborators
Lynton Butler Director Kevin Hayward Director of Photography Patrick Monaghan Editor Jonathon Crawford Original Music Composer Bruno Lawrence Original Music Composer Lynton Butler Screenplay Martyn Sanderson Screenplay Larry Parr Producer Lyn Bergquist Production Design Christine West Costume Design
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