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  • Hank, Hennery en Vriend (1976)
  • 91 min | Comedy
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Hank, Hennery en Vriend (1976)
91 min | Comedy
Made in the 1970s, a time when South Africans were constantly being reminded about the communist onslaught, this features Hank (originally English-speaking) and Hennery (Afrikaans-speaking), two very laid-back secret agents who, together ...See moreMade in the 1970s, a time when South Africans were constantly being reminded about the communist onslaught, this features Hank (originally English-speaking) and Hennery (Afrikaans-speaking), two very laid-back secret agents who, together with a black colleague (Vriend), manage to foil a terrorist plot to take over the country. They are introduced as beach bums and for at least the first half the film comes across as a not very good buddy movie. For much of the time we're not too certain of just who they are and from whom they get their orders, though once in a while they speak to someone in Pretoria. On the way into the mountains of Lesotho, they pick up a girl (a communist agent who switches sides without any qualms when she falls in love with Hennery). The unlikely baddies are an Afrikaans-speaking group of communists, disguised as members of a monastic order. Interestingly, the agents' black comrade is treated throughout as an equal and the race question doesn't really come into it. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Bertrand Retief
Producer
Ben Vlok
Cinematographer
Ivo Pellegrini
Editor
Ivo Pellegrini
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Updated Mar 25, 1976
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Mar 25, 1976 (South Africa)

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13 cast members
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