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