Sweet 'n Short 32 years old

Sweet 'n Short

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.

Credits

Sweet 'n Short Cast

Name Character
Casper de Vries He was 27, now 60 years old as George Weedle
Leon Schuster He was 40, now 73 years old as Sweet Coetzee
Alfred Ntombela He was 19, now 52 years old as Alfred Short
Rufus Swart He was 32, 35 years old when he died as Longdrop Botha
Joanna Weinberg as Sandy
James Borthwick as Shawn Raymond

Sweet 'n Short Crew

Name Department
Leon Schuster as Writer. He was 40 (now 73) years old Writing
Gray Hofmeyr as Director. He was 42 (now 75) years old Directing
Gray Hofmeyr as Writer. He was 42 (now 75) years old Writing
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Sweet 'n Short (32 years)

  • Release day: Friday, December 13, 1991
  • Runtime: 90 minutes