Pallet on the Floor

A murderous black comedy set in the 1960s Sam McCauley and his small band of harddrinking and eccentric friends are having a night of it when a drunk truck driver Jack Bach attacks Sams Maori wife Sue OBrien In the struggle Sam and friends end up killing Jack None of them regrets this but it has been observed by Miriam Gruar who decides to blackmail Sam Jacks brother Joe Napier comes looking for revenge and ends up being killed by Basil Spence Their jobs at the freezer works are terminated and Basil has his own idea about how to get out of their troubles