A Fish Called Wanda

Description

Crime is easy. It's the comedy that's lethal. Four wildly mismatched criminals pull off a flawless, multi-million-dollar diamond heist in London. The trouble begins immediately after the robbery when the gang's shifting loyalties spark an epic comedy of errors. The ruthless, seductively deceptive American grifter Wanda Gershwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her secretly weapon-obsessed, pseudo-intellectual lover Otto (Kevin Kline) double-cross their British ringleader, George, getting him thrown into prison. The catch? George managed to move the stolen loot to a secret location before his arrest. To sniff out the hidden diamonds, Wanda decides to seduce George's stuffy, straight-laced defense barrister, Archie Leach (John Cleese), whose predictable upper-class life is thrown into complete, frantic chaos. Meanwhile, George’s stuttering, animal-loving accomplice Ken Pile (Michael Palin) is tasked with silencing the only elderly witness to the crime, leading to a disastrously funny series of accidents involving an aquarium full of exotic fish—including Ken’s beloved pet, a fish named Wanda. Packed with razor-sharp wit and legendary physical comedy, A Fish Called Wanda remains one of the funniest caper comedies ever made.