Van der Merwe PI

Van der Merwe PI

1985 · 95 min · ★ 1.0 · Action, Comedy

South African beauty and former Miss World, Anneline Kriel stars in this action comedy about Van der Merwe, a struggling private eye. The detective’s bad luck seems set to change when drug lord Jack Barnard hires him to find Barnard’s missing girlfriend, Angel Labuschagne.

Directed by Regardt van den Bergh · Written by Bill Flynn

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