Jump the Gun

Jump the Gun

124 mins | Comedy | May 23, 1997

Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their insecurities - both physical and financial - the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.

Jump the Gun

124 mins | Comedy | May 23, 1997

Jump the Gun
Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their insecurities - both physical and financial - the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.
Producers
Original title Jump the Gun
Directors Les Blair
Writers Les Blair

Cast

Baby Cele

as Gugu

Lionel Newton

as Clinton van Rooyen

Michele Burgers

as Minnie

Thulani Nyembe

as Bazooka

Danny Keogh

as J.J.

Marcel Van Heerden

as Johnny Fouché

Nomsa Nene

as Sis Buleng

Grace Mahlaba

as Puthi

Joe Nina

as Henry

John Simon Jones

as Gun Shop Owner (as Simon Jones)

Sam Mofokeng

as Oupa (as Sam Ntshenki Mofokeng)

Fana Mokoena

as Man in shacks

Michael Ketoa

as Boy in Gunshop

Themba Ndaba

as Jewellery shop robber

Patrick Ndlovu

as Sello