MovieReleasedDramaComedy

Came a Hot Friday

Rating6.5/10

Release1985

Runtime1h 41m

Votes4

Set in post-war (1949) rural New Zealand, this film traces the efforts of two con men to run a betting scam in a small town (Tainuea) already rife with illegal gambling corruption, and eccentricity.

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October 4, 1985

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Production Companies

New Zealand National Film Unit

Shaker Run Productions

Cast

Peter Bland

Wes Pennington

Phillip Gordon

Cyril Kidman

Michael Lawrence

Don Jackson

Billy T. James

The Tainuia Kid

Marshall Napier

Sel Bishop

Don Selwyn

Norm Cray

Marise Wipani

Esmerelda

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