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3	''Malcolm'' is a 1986 Australian caper film written by CreatorCouple David Parker and Nadia Tass and directed by Tass.
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5	When socially awkward GadgeteerGenius Malcolm Hughes (Colin Friels) is fired from the Metropolitan Transit Authority for building his own tram with company parts, he takes on two boarders, Frank Baker (Creator/JohnHargreaves) and his girlfriend Judith (Lindy Davies), to pay the rent. Malcolm soon discovers that Frank and Judith are bank robbers, and he uses his mechanical abilities to help them with their crimes.
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7	!!''Malcolm'' contains examples of:
8	* AndStarring: Colin Friels in ''Malcolm''... with John Hargreaves as 'Frank.'
9	* BasementDweller: Malcolm lived with his mother until her death a year ago.
10	* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: During one of the early robberies, Frank and Judith "help" someone at the bank pick up money that has spilled out of her briefcase, pocketing some of it.
11	* CoolCar: The getaway car Malcolm builds for Frank has two separately powered halves, allowing the two drivers to split up and travel through narrow passages.
12	* FreudianExcuse: Judith attributes Frank's anger problems to his witnessing the aftermath of his father's violent murder as a child.
13	* FruitCart: During the final chase scene, the protagonists knock over a magazine stand with their van.
14	* GeniusDitz: Malcolm, although it's unclear how much is genuine ditziness and how much is ObfuscatingStupidity.
15	* GetawayDriver: Malcolm works as one when he first starts helping Frank and Judith.
16	* MissingMom: Malcolm has been living alone in his mother's house ever since she died last year.
17	* PollyWantsAMicrophone: Malcolm's cockatoo, Arnold, knows how to say "Thanks a lot!"
18	* RubeGoldbergDevice: Malcolm's house is full of toy vehicles on tracks that he uses for everything from fetching the mail to buying milk.
19	* TapOnTheHead: Malcolm asks Frank to show him how to rob a bank, so Frank makes a FingerGun in his jacket and orders him and Judith to put their hands up. Unfortunately for him, a bystander mistakes him for a mugger and knocks him out with a shovel.
20	-->'''Judith''': Watch out, Frank, behind you!\
21	'''Frank''': That's the oldest trick in the book, Judy, come on.

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