Jump the Gun

Jump the Gun

Jump the Gun

Living In Hell and Loving It.

1997 2h 04m 7.5Movie

Comedy

Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their insecurities - both physical and financial - the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.

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Les Blair

Director, Writer

Top Cast

Baby Cele

Baby Cele

Gugu

Lionel Newton

Lionel Newton

Clinton van Rooyen

Michele Burgers

Michele Burgers

Minnie

Thulani Nyembe

Bazooka

Rapulana Seiphemo

Rapulana Seiphemo

Thabo

Danny Keogh

Danny Keogh

J.J.

Marcel Van Heerden

Marcel Van Heerden

Johnny Fouché

Nomsa Nene

Sis Buleng

Grace Mahlaba

Puthi

Joe Nina

Henry

John Simon Jones

Gun Shop Owner (as Simon Jones)

Sam Mofokeng

Oupa (as Sam Ntshenki Mofokeng)

Fana Mokoena

Fana Mokoena

Man in shacks

Michael Ketoa

Boy in Gunshop

Themba Ndaba

Themba Ndaba

Jewellery shop robber

Patrick Ndlovu

Patrick Ndlovu

Sello

Francois Stemmet

Francois Stemmet

Party Host