Pallet on the Floor

Pallet on the Floor

88 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Jan. 1, 1986

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.

Pallet on the Floor

88 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Jan. 1, 1986

Pallet on the Floor
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.
Producers Mirage Films
Original title Pallet on the Floor
Directors Lynton Butler
Writers Lynton Butler, Martyn Sanderson

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

Jeremy Stephens

as Spud McGhee

Michael Wilson

as Shorty Larsen

Terence Cooper

as Brendon O'Keefe

John Bach

as Jack Voot

Marshall Napier

as Joe Voot

Curly Del Monte

as Mason Voot

Peter Rowley

as Henderson

Ian Watkin

as Amos