Came a Hot Friday

Came a Hot Friday

Came a Hot Friday

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1985•101 min•DramaComedy

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Peter Bland

Wes Pennington

P

Phillip Gordon

Cyril Kidman

Michael Lawrence

Don Jackson

B

Billy T. James

The Tainuia Kid

Marshall Napier

Sel Bishop

D

Don Selwyn

Norm Cray

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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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