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A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. The film follows a gang of diamond thieves who double-cross one another to recover stolen diamonds hidden by their jailed leader.
Jul 29, 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda: Directed by Charles Crichton, John Cleese. With John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin. In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool the very proper barrister Archibald Leach.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Charles Crichton, John Cleese
- 1988-07-29
A classic British comedy about a diamond heist gone wrong, starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. See critics and audience reviews, ratings, clips, and where to watch the film.
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- Charles Crichton, John Cleese
- R
- Comedy
Aug 9, 2021 · A stellar cast that includes John Cleese, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline (who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for his performance) and Jamie Lee Curtis highlight this outrageous farce. Four ...
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Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the comedy film A Fish Called Wanda, directed by Charles Crichton and written by John Cleese. See the full list of actors, producers, writers, composers, and more on IMDb.
Roger Ebert praises the British-American comedy "A Fish Called Wanda" for its witty dialogue, eccentric characters and mean-spirited humor. He describes the plot, the cast, the director and the scenes that made him laugh out loud.
A comedy about a diamond heist gone wrong and a web of double-crosses and betrayals. Wanda, a seductive American, tries to fool the lawyer of the mastermind Georges, while Otto, her lover, tries to kill the witness and find the jewels.
