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A Fish Called Wanda

Charles Crichton, John Cleese · 1988 CE · Film · English · Contemporary

Four thieves take a London diamond haul and start informing on each other at once, which leaves the stones hidden and the only man who knows where in custody. His barrister, a stiff married Englishman, is worked on by the American woman in the gang while her jealous partner takes his temper out on a stammering animal lover. Cleese wrote it for the Ealing veteran who directed it.

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Attributes

Genre
ComedyCrime / NoirSatire
Theme
Wealth & GreedBetrayalAppearance vs Reality
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
TricksterFemme FataleEveryman
Plot structure
Mistaken IdentityIronic ReversalComic Resolution
Symbol / motif
Gold / TreasureThe Trial
Conflict
vs Personvs Society
Mode / tone
ComicSatiricalIronic
Culture / tradition
English

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