Sweet 'n Short

1h 30min

Comedy

In South Africa, Sweet Coetzee wins an award for 20 years service as a sportscaster on his 40th birthday, beating his rival, pompous George "The Weasle" Weedle. After Sweet gets drunk one night at his birthday party, he misses a sportscast and his boss, Bryce Williams demotes him to interviewer and promotes Weedle. A subplot of the film are two robbers, "Bossy" and "Savage" who the main characters remain remotely unaware of as they are just a comic theme. Sweet pulls a prank on Weedle during a golf game and is suspended for six month. Sweet also records Weedle having humorous intercourse with a prostitute, "The Orphan in a Storm". Sweet then decides to drown his sorrows in a casino at the slot machines, where he tricks a small boy, Alfred "Shorty" Short into thinking he is a genie. Bossy and Savage try to rob the casino when they accidentally break the disco ball and it knocks Sweet unconscious just as he hits the jackpot.

Cast

Leon Schuster

Leon Schuster

Sweet Coetzee
Alfred Ntombela

Alfred Ntombela

Alfred Short
Casper De Vries

Casper De Vries

George Weedle
Rufus Swart

Rufus Swart

Longdrop Botha
James Borthwick

James Borthwick

Shawn Raymond
Sean Higgs

Sean Higgs

Cowboys Scrumhalf
Jamie Bartlett

Jamie Bartlett

Spookie Simpson
Hannes Muller

Hannes Muller

Cowboy lock
Chris Olley

Chris Olley

Makulu lock
Derik Giessing

Derik Giessing

Makulu scrumhalf
Natalie Gamsu

Natalie Gamsu

Angel Weedle
Henriƫtta Gryffenberg

Henriƫtta Gryffenberg

Orphan in a storm
Jurgen Hellberg

Jurgen Hellberg

Orange farmer
Marius Du Plooy

Marius Du Plooy

Farmer's son
Niekie van den Berg

Niekie van den Berg

Police file presenter
Nic Potgieter

Nic Potgieter

Petrol attendant
Douglas Bristow

Douglas Bristow

Golf marshall
Mandy Kunene

Mandy Kunene

Ward sister
Peter Holden

Peter Holden

Hospital clerk
Kurt Egelhof

Kurt Egelhof

Hospital security guard
Joss Levine

Joss Levine

Casino manager
Dominic Tyawa

Dominic Tyawa

Casino security guard
Trevor Quirk

Trevor Quirk

Betting announcer
Riaan Cruywagen

Riaan Cruywagen

Television announcer
Bettie Kemp

Bettie Kemp

Television presenter
Alyce Chavunduka

Alyce Chavunduka

Television presenter
Phil McCumskey

Phil McCumskey

Rural gambling manager
Lillian Dube

Lillian Dube

Eunice Shai
Sam Ngakane

Sam Ngakane

Rugby president
Claudia Udy

Claudia Udy

Beautiful rugby girl
John Hussey

John Hussey

Steward Andrews
Graham Armitage

Graham Armitage

Bryce Williams
David Hall-Green

David Hall-Green

Master of ceremonies
Christel Smith

Christel Smith

Beauty queen
Billy Crauser

Billy Crauser

Taxi driver
Robert Travallyan

Robert Travallyan

Ticket seller
Ann Feldman

Ann Feldman

Russian pedlar
Lola Ludik

Lola Ludik

Flasher
Mike van den Berg

Mike van den Berg

Cowboys coach
Chris Steyn

Chris Steyn

Makulu coach
Dick Reineke

Dick Reineke

Team doctor
Joey Graaf

Joey Graaf

Referee
Gregory Humphreys

Gregory Humphreys

Leon Schuster double
Gray Hofmeyr

Gray Hofmeyr

Man in hallway

Release date

13th Dec 1991

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Afrikaans, English