A Fish Called Wanda
London-based gangster George Thomason plans a jewel heist with his right-hand man, Ken Pile, an animal lover with a stutter. They bring in two Americans: con artist Wanda Gershwitz and weapons expert Otto West, an ignorant and mean-spirited anglophobe. Wanda and Otto are lovers, but they hide this from George and Ken, pretending to be siblings, so Wanda can work her charms on them. The heist is successful and the gang escapes with a large sum in diamonds, which they hide in an old safe. Soon afterward, Wanda and Otto betray George to the police and he is arrested. They return to collect the diamonds, with Wanda planning to double-cross Otto as well, but find the safe is empty. In Ken's fish tank, Wanda discovers the key to a safe deposit box where George has moved the diamonds, and hides it in her locket.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Comedy, Crime |
Country: | United Kingdom, United States |
Produced By: | Michael Shamberg, John Comfort, Steve Abbott, John Cleese |
Directed By: | John Cleese, Charles Crichton |
Written By: | John Cleese, Charles Crichton |
Cast: | Neville Phillips, Roland MacLeod, John Bird, Roger Brierley, Al Ashton, Clare McIntyre, Jeremy Child, Michael Percival, Patricia Hayes, Charu Bala Chokshi, Robert McBain, Imogen Bickford-Smith, Cynthia Cleese, Waydon Croft, Mark Elwes, Guy Standeven, Patrick Newman, Llewellyn Rees, Stephen Fry, Robert Goodman, Kevin Kline, Pamela Miles, Robert Putt, Tom Georgeson, Roger Hume, Sharon Twomey, Andrew MacLachlan, Geoffrey Palmer, Kate Lansbury, Peter Jonfield, Robert Ian Mackenzie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Maria Aitken, Michael Palin, Chris Chering, Terence Conoley, Ken Campbell, David Simeon, John Cleese |
In Theaters: | Aug 05, 1988 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 48 minutes |
Production: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Michael Shamberg Productions, Prominent Features, Star Partners Limited Partnership |
Budget: | $7,500,000 |
Box Office: | $62,493,712 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |