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.
Peter Bland
as Wes Pennington
Phillip Gordon
as Cyril Kidman
Michael Lawrence
as Don Jackson
Billy T. James
as The Tainuia Kid
Marshall Napier
as Sel Bishop
Don Selwyn
as Norm Cray
Marise Wipani
as Esmerelda