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12/05/1989 Comedy, Crime 1h 32m
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Has the shocking truth about Henry Wilt been inflated?

Overview

Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt.

  1. Michael Tuchner

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mel Smith

    Inspector Flint

  2. Griff Rhys Jones

    Henry Wilt

  3. Alison Steadman

    Eva

  4. Roger Lloyd Pack

    Dr Pittman

  5. Diana Quick

    Sally

  6. Jeremy Clyde

    Hugh

  7. Roger Allam

    Dave

  8. David Ryall

    Rev. Froude

  9. Dermot Crowley

    Braintree

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Reviews

A review by kevin2019
Written by kevin2019 on 2024-11-15
"Wilt" is a consistently amusing film throughout which perfectly uses the comedy of extreme embarrassment to good effect as Henry Wilt bungles his way from one improbable - yet never entirely implausible - catastrophe to the next. The many twists and turns it takes are completely unanticipated until the very end when it becomes perfectly clear Wilt's wife Eva is very much alive and she has inadvertently stumbled into the clutches of the strangler and, even though this character has been referenced elsewhere earlier on in the film, this doesn't spoil the fun in any way. The finale has lots of ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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