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A Fish Called Wanda
While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.
1988 · Directed by Charles Crichton · 109 min · Comedy · Crime · 19 frames
Tagline
A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.
Crew
- Screenplay: John Cleese
- Cinematography: Alan Hume
- Edited by: John Jympson
- Music: John Du Prez
- Production design: Roger Murray-Leach
- Produced by: Michael Shamberg
Cast
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Wanda Gershwitz
- John Cleese as Archie Leach
- Kevin Kline as Otto
- Michael Palin as Ken Pile
- Maria Aitken as Wendy
- Tom Georgeson as Georges Thomason
- Cynthia Cleese as Portia
- Patricia Hayes as Mrs. Coady
- Geoffrey Palmer as Judge
- Mark Elwes as Customer in Jeweler's Shop
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, Italian, Russian
- Studios: Prominent Features, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Fish Productions, Michael Shamberg Productions
- Budget: $7,500,000
- Box office: $188,593,712
- Themes: infidelity, robbery, cheating, heart attack, heist, lawyer, silencer, courtroom, american abroad, animal abuse
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