A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda

1988

When a dim but good-natured English barrister unwittingly ends up with a stolen diamond, a ruthless gang of criminals — including his wife and her volatile ex-lover — scheme to retrieve it by any means necessary. John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis star in this razor-sharp British comedy full of anarchic energy and perfectly timed chaos.

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Director

  • Charles Chrichton

Cast

  • John Cleese
  • Kevin Kline
  • Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Michael Palin
  • Patricia Hayes
  • Geoffrey Palmer
  • Tom Georgeson

Filming Locations

  • Oxford

    Short segments were filmed outside the former Oxford Prison in New Road, and in St Thomas St, where a former school stood in as a courtroom.

  • Shad Thames

    The converted riverside warehouse development at New Concordia Wharf, Bermondsey Wall West near Shad Thames, was used for scenes at the flat where Archie Leach (John Cleese) is caught in his underwear by Wanda, and later dangled out of a window.