Pallet on the Floor
Comedy
Crime
Drama
5 / 10
January 1, 1986
1h 28m
Director: Lynton Butler
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.
Cast

Peter McCauley
Sam Jamieson
Jillian O'Brien
Sue Jamieson

Bruce Spence
Basil Beaumont-Foster
Shirley Gruar
Miriam Breen
Alistair Douglas
Stan Breen

Tony Barry
Larkman
Jeremy Stephens
Spud McGhee
Michael Wilson
Shorty Larsen

Terence Cooper
Brendon O'Keefe

John Bach
Jack Voot

Marshall Napier
Joe Voot
Curly Del Monte
Mason Voot