UK / USA,
1988, 108 min
Screenplay:
John CleeseCinematography:
Alan HumeComposer:
John Du PrezCast:
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson, Geoffrey Palmer, Ken Campbell, Stephen Fry, Robert Putt, Patricia Hayes (more)VOD (2)
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Cleese plays Archie Leach, a weak-willed barrister who finds himself embroiled with a quartet of ill-matched jewel thieves – two American con artists played by Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline, Michael Palin’s animal-loving hitman and London gangster Tom Georgeson – when Georgeson is arrested. Only he and Palin know the whereabouts of the diamonds, prompting plenty of farce and in-fighting as well as some embarrassing nudity and the unfortunate demise of some innocent pooches… (Arrow Films)
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