Spank!

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Spank!
Directed byErnie Clark
Starring Robert Mammone
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box officeA$62,374 (Australia) [1]

Spank! is a 1999 Australian comedy film directed by Ernie Clark and starring Robert Mammone. It was filmed in Adelaide. [2]

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