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📅 1988 ⏱ 1h 49min R Released FHD / 4K

A Fish Called Wanda

"A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood."

ComedyCrime

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.

🎬 DirectorCharles Crichton

📅 Release1988-07-15

🌍 CountryUnited Kingdom, United States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish, Italian, Russian

🏢 StudioProminent Features, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Fish Productions

🗳 Votes2,422

🔥 Popularity3

💰 Budget$7,500,000

💵 Revenue$188,593,712

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🎭 Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis

Wanda Gershwitz

John Cleese

Archie Leach

Kevin Kline

Otto

Michael Palin

Ken Pile

Maria Aitken

Wendy

Tom Georgeson

Georges Thomason

Cynthia Cleese

Portia

Patricia Hayes

Mrs. Coady

Geoffrey Palmer

Judge

Mark Elwes

Customer in Jeweler's Shop

Neville Phillips

Manager of Jeweler's Shop

Peter Jonfield

Inspector Marvin

Jeremy Child

Mr. Ian Johnson

Stephen Fry

Hutchison

Ken Campbell

Bartlett

🎥 Crew

Director Charles Crichton

Art Direction John Wood

Casting Priscilla John

Sound Editor Jonathan Bates

Original Music Composer John Du Prez

Editor John Jympson

Boom Operator Colin Wood

Set Decoration Stephenie McMillan

Costume Design Hazel Pethig

Executive Producer John Cleese

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🏷 Keywords

infidelityrobberycheatingheart attackheistlawyersilencercourtroomamerican abroadanimal abusestutteringyelling

💬 Reviews

The Movie Diorama ⭐ 8/10

A Fish Called Wanda swimmingly sails through a screenplay fishing for eccentricity. You may or may not already know, that comedies are not my genre of choice. The heartless individual that I am fails to grasp humour in its entirety, finding the most unusual of gags hilarious yet the most mainstream of jokes unwaveringly pointless. “Classic” British comedy, despite being a patriotic Brit myself…

Filipe Manuel Neto ⭐ 5/10

**A light comedy that works reasonably well, but ends up being forgettable.** I saw this film when I was younger, fifteen or twenty years ago, and I really liked it. However, time passes, we change, and when I saw him last night I couldn't feel the same fun I had felt. It all starts with a robbery and the theft of a large amount of diamonds. The thieves are a team that doesn't know each other w…