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Came a Hot Friday is a film of genre Drama directed by Ian Mune released in USA on 6 october 1985 with Billy T James
Came a Hot Friday (1985)
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Add to a movie listCame a Hot Friday is a 1985 New Zealand made comedy film, based on the 1964 novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson. Directed and co-written by Ian Mune, it became one of the most successful local films released in New Zealand in the 1980s. The film's cast included famed New Zealand comedian Billy T James.
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In rural New Zealand in 1949, Wes Pennington (Peter Bland) and his partner Cyril (Philip Gordon) are out to run a horse-racing scam for as long as they can. They are inveterate gamblers who have joined forces to trick local bookies, by taking advantage of delayed broadcasts of horse races. After arriving in small town Tainuia Junction, Wes and Cyril get involved in a bootlegging ring, arson and murder. Among a group of local eccentrics, they also meet the Tainuia Kid (Billy T. James), a Maori who believes himself to be a Mexican bandito. He becomes a kind of protector for the duo.Actors
Billy T James
(The Tainuia Kid)
Marshall Napier
(Sel Bishop)
Don Selwyn
(Norm Cray)
Bruce Allpress
Roy Billing
Prince Tui Teka
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