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Programme Information

Offbeat black comedy in which a con artist uses her female charms to steal a stash of jewels from her gangster boyfriend, taking sexual advantage of his henchman and lawyer - with whom she later falls in love - to realise her cunning plan. The group's various criminal escapades are often complicated by the presence of a hapless mobster, whose mission to kill an elderly witness proves increasingly hard.

Keywords:

Comedy, Crime, Black Comedy, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Nudity

Additional Information:

(1988) (USA/UK) (4 Star)

Cast:

John Cleese	.... Archie Leach
Jamie Lee Curtis	.... Wanda Gershwitz
Kevin Kline	.... Otto West
Michael Palin	.... Ken Pile
Maria Aitken	.... Wendy
Tom Georgeson	.... Georges Thomason

Supporting Cast:

Patricia Hayes	.... Mrs. Coady
Geoffrey Palmer	.... Judge
Cynthia Cleese	.... Portia
Mark Elwes	.... Customer in Jeweler's Shop
Neville Phillips	.... Manager of Jeweler's Shop
Peter Jonfield	.... Inspector Marvin
Ken Hudson Campbell	.... Bartlett
Al Ashton	.... Warder
Roger Hume	.... Locksmith

Directors:

Charles Crichton

Writers:

John Cleese
Charles Crichton

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