Pallet on the Floor

Story

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.

Director

Lynton Butler

Writers

Lynton Butler, Martyn Sanderson

Language

English

Country

New Zealand

Release date

1 January 1986

Ensemble

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