Came a Hot Friday (1985)

Directors

Ian Mune

Cast

Billy T. James, Don Selwyn, Marshall Napier, Peter Bland

The story

In 1949 New Zealand, Wes Pennington and Cyril Kidman are two travelling con-men and gamblers who swindle bookies by taking advantage of delayed radio broadcasts of horse racing results. Arriving in the small town of Tainuia, the pair quickly fall out with the local bookie, Norm Cray, and decide to recruit a simple-minded car yard worker, Don Jackson, to place late bets with Cray on their behalf. Dinah, the beautiful wife of Don's boss Dick, catches Wes's eye, while Don admires a local waitress, Esmerelda.

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