A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Released: 1988-07-15 Duration: 1hr 49min

Genres: Comedy Crime

Rating 7.2

Youtube Source View on IMDb Watch On Flashare

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.

Production Companies

Prominent Features

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Fish Productions

Additional Info

Budget	$7,500,000.00
Revenue	$188,593,712.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	3.6763

Directed By

Charles Crichton

Crew

Director
Charles Crichton

Art Direction
John Wood

Casting
Priscilla John

Sound Editor
Jonathan Bates

Original Music Composer
John Du Prez

Editor
John Jympson

Boom Operator
Colin Wood

Set Decoration
Stephenie McMillan

Costume Design
Hazel Pethig

Executive Producer
John Cleese

Director of Photography
Alan Hume

Production Design
Roger Murray-Leach

Executive Producer
Steve Abbott

Producer
Michael Shamberg

Assistant Accountant
Yvonne Heeks

Gaffer
Bobby Bremner

Focus Puller
Simon Hume

Makeup Artist
Lynda Armstrong

Wardrobe Master
Ray Usher

Producer's Assistant
Peter Byck

Best Boy Electric
Bill Thornhill

Executive Producer's Assistant
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise

Location Manager
Nick Daubeny

Production Assistant
Liz Lehmans

Grip
Jimmy Waters

Hairdresser
Barry Richardson

Assistant Location Manager
Christopher Knowles

Construction Manager
Roy Evans

Property Buyer
Brian Read

Second Assistant Director
Melvin Lind

Producer's Assistant
Alexandra Stone

Wardrobe Assistant
Jenny Hawkins

Camera Operator
Neil Binney

Assistant Editor
William Webb

Location Manager
William Lang

Wardrobe Assistant
Steve Cornish

Clapper Loader
Graham Hall

Third Assistant Director
David Skynner

Production Assistant
Ralph Kamp

Production Accountant
Andy Birmingham

Standby Property Master
Alfie Smith

Writer
John Cleese

Story
Charles Crichton

Music Editor
Peter Holt

Sound Recordist
Chris Munro

Stunt Coordinator
Romo Gorrara

Production Coordinator
Janine Modder

Special Effects Supervisor
George Gibbs

Still Photographer
David James

Continuity
Diana Dill

Associate Producer
John Comfort

Makeup Supervisor
Paul Engelen

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gerry Humphreys

Property Master
Bruce Bigg

Set Designer
David Allday

TOP CAST

Similar Movies

Master Stroke

An actor is approached by a group of men offering him a job posing as an executive at a diamond exchange to help them pull off a robbery.

0.0 View

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

7.0 View

Impulse

An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.

4.6 View

Sophie Seeks 7

After breaking up with her cheating boyfriend, a 30-year-old woman reconnects with six of her exes while trying to find the love of her life.

4.6 View

Time Bandits

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

6.6 View

A New Leaf

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

7.3 View

Snow Job

A famous skier, his mistress and a ski instructor rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse.

4.4 View

A Case for Murder

Jack Hammett is an aggressive young defence attorney on the rise up the corporate ladder. In the courtroom he's known as the "Hail Mary Kid" for his ability to win the unwinnable cases. When one of the firm's lawyers, Darren Gaines, is murdered and Gaines' wife is charged, Hammett is assigned as her attorney. Hammett asks Kate Weldon, a recently hired lawyer, to assist him. Together they discover some inconsistencies in the case as well as a possible connection to the recent murder of a judge.

4.8 View

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

After getting a flat tire, two sweethearts discover the eerie mansion of a flamboyant scientist and houseful of wild characters. Through elaborate dance and rock songs, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

7.5 View

Solitary Man

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

5.9 View

Clerks III

After narrowly surviving a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his old friend Dante to help him make a movie immortalizing their youthful days at the little convenience store that started it all.

6.0 View

Another Day in Paradise

In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.

6.2 View

The Underneath

A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.

5.6 View

A Dog's Life

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

7.3 View

Count the Hours!

A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

5.5 View

Blame It on the Bellboy

Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech looking for a little action with a woman he never met, whom he was set up with. And one of them was sent by his employer to inspect a property his boss wants to buy. All three men stay at the same hotel. But when the bellboy gets their names mixed up and gives info meant for someone else. So one of them meets a Realtor who will whatever she has to, to close the sale. And another follows a woman looking for romance. And another goes to the home of the mobster who thinks he's sent there to kill him.

5.4 View

The Burglars

In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.