
Wild Maneuvres
1985-06-25 · 85 min · ★ 5.9
Military-Comedy. Sequel to "Boetie gaan border toe". Boetie (Translated into English as 'Buddy' or "Brother") wants to win his girlfriend Liza back, who just dumped him. With the help of some money, he engineers that she is assigned as reporter to the planned manoeuvres, where he would love to impress her. However, things turn out different as Buddy and his comrades are assigned to do the manual labour during the manoeuvres, and the arrogant Captain humiliating them turns out to be Liza's new boyfriend. But when a bunch of criminal madmen disturb the manoeuvre and take a hostage, it is up to Buddy and his comrades to rescue the hostage, their honour - and the girl's love.
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- Directors
- Regardt van den Bergh
- Production companies
- Philo Pieterse Productions
- Countries
- South Africa
- Status
- Released
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Arnold VoslooBoetie van Tonder
Janie du PlessisElize
Ian RobertsCorp. White
Frank OppermanDe Kock
Anton DekkerCapt. Schuster
Greg LatterVeertjie
André JacobsPrester John
Jurgen HellbergCorpse
Kevin SmithApache
Jonathan PienaarTurk
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