Called Wanda: A Fish

A Fish Called Wanda - Santa Barbara International Film Festival

is a classic 1988 heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by John Cleese. It features a stellar ensemble cast and is widely regarded as one of the greatest British comedies of all time. Core Premise A Fish Called Wanda

The film follows a mismatched quartet of diamond thieves in London who successfully pull off a massive heist, only to immediately begin double-crossing each other to claim the loot for themselves. The plot thickens when (Jamie Lee Curtis) seduces the stuffy, repressed barrister Archie Leach (John Cleese)—the lawyer representing the gang's arrested leader—to locate the hidden diamonds. A Fish Called Wanda - Santa Barbara International