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A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

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Kathleen Marais
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Johan Webber
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Warrant Officer Rautenbach
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Pierre De Villiers
Julian Koberman ...
Warder
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Leon Labuschagne
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Condemned Man
Rob van Vuuren ...
Prison Medical Officer
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Tennis partner
Marcel van Heerden ...
Justice J.P. van Zyl
Eduan van Jaarsveldt ...
Pedrie Wierda
Carel Nel ...
Karel Niemand
Matthew Dylan Roberts ...
Investigation Officer
Nicola Hanekom ...
Dr. Schlebusch
Patrick Lavisa ...
Condemned Man
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SHEPHERDS AND BUTCHERS follows a jaded lawyer, John Weber (Steve Coogan), who takes on a seemingly hopeless multiple murder case and uncovers scandalous shortcomings in South Africa's capital punishment system as he mounts a defense for a prison guard traumatized by the executions he took part in.

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Garion Dowds attended Reddam House school in Bedfordview, South Africa, where his mother teaches Drama. See more »

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Written by Barry Gibb, Stephen Gibb and Ashley Gibb
Performed by Vusi Mahlasela and Barry Gibb
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