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15/07/1988 Comedy, Crime 1h 49m
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A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.

Overview

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.

  1. Charles Crichton

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jamie Lee Curtis

    Wanda Gershwitz

  2. John Cleese

    Archie Leach

  3. Kevin Kline

    Otto

  4. Michael Palin

    Ken Pile

  5. Maria Aitken

    Wendy

  6. Tom Georgeson

    Georges Thomason

  7. Cynthia Cleese

    Portia

  8. Patricia Hayes

    Mrs. Coady

  9. Geoffrey Palmer

    Judge

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Reviews

A review by The Movie Diorama
Written by The Movie Diorama on 2020-01-16
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, is just one of those strands I’ve never tangled with. ‘Monty Python’ and 80s sitcoms reassure my darkened thoughts where most others would laugh out loud, for I am dead inside.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$7,500,000.00

Revenue
$188,593,712.00

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