Film record

A Fish Called Wanda

1988Feature film108 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States · United Kingdom
Languages
English
Genres
black comedy film · crime comedy film · heist film

Credits

Direction

Charles Crichton — Directing
John Cleese — Directing

Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis — Acting (Wanda Gershwitz)
Kevin Kline — Acting (Otto West)
Michael Palin — Acting (Ken Pile)
John Cleese — Acting (Archie Leach)
Maria Aitken — Acting (Wendy Leach)
Patricia Hayes — Acting (Eileen Coady)
Stephen Fry — Acting (Hutchison)
Tom Georgeson — Acting (George Thomason)
Geoffrey Palmer — Acting (Judge)
Cynthia Cleese — Acting (Portia Leach)
Neville Phillips — Acting
Ken Campbell — Acting (Bartlett)
Roger Hume — Acting
Roger Brierley — Acting (Davidson)
Llewellyn Rees — Acting
Andrew MacLachlan — Acting
Roland MacLeod — Acting
Jeremy Child — Acting
Sharon Twomey — Acting
David Simeon — Acting
Robert McBain — Acting
John Bird — Acting

Writing

John Cleese — Screenwriting
Charles Crichton — Screenwriting

Production

Michael Shamberg — Production

Music

John Du Prez — Music composition

Cinematography

Alan Hume — Cinematography

Editing

John Jympson — Editing
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Distribution

Netflix

International
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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
7 Jul 1988Checked 13 Sep 2026
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