Film

A Fish Called Wanda

1988 · 1h 49m · Comedy · Crime

A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

80

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.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Wanda Gershwitz

John Cleese

Archie Leach

Kevin Kline

Otto

Michael Palin

Ken Pile

Maria Aitken

Wendy

Tom Georgeson

Georges Thomason

Cynthia Cleese

Portia

Patricia Hayes

Mrs. Coady

Geoffrey Palmer

Judge

Mark Elwes

Customer in Jeweler's Shop

Neville Phillips

Manager of Jeweler's Shop

Peter Jonfield

Inspector Marvin

Jeremy Child

Mr. Ian Johnson

Stephen Fry

Hutchison

Ken Campbell

Bartlett

Al Hunter Ashton

Warder

• Charles CrichtonDirector · Story
• John CleeseExecutive Producer · Story · Screenplay
• Michael ShambergProducer
• Steve AbbottExecutive Producer
• Alan HumeDirector of Photography
• John Du PrezOriginal Music Composer
• John JympsonEditor
• Priscilla JohnCasting

Official TrailerA Fish Called Wanda HD Trailer

Release date

July 15, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Budget

$7,500,000

Revenue

$188,593,712

Genres

Comedy, Crime

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