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About
While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.
Theatrical
Jul 15, 1988
Box Office
$188.6M
Budget
$7.5M
Return
25.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 23, 1999
Theaters
12
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Prominent Features, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Fish Productions, Michael Shamberg Productions
Quotes
See all →Meditation and Aggression in Conversations
Wanda
Otto, what are you doing?
Archie
It's a Buddhist meditation technique. Focuses your aggression. The monks used to do it before going into battle.
Wanda
What kind of Buddhism is this, Otto?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Questioning Alibi in a Legal Inquiry
Archie
Ms Gershwitz, do you remember where you were on the evening of the 7th?
Wanda
Yes, I was at the apartment.
Archie
And were you alone or was someone else there?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Wanda Gershwitz
J
John Cleese
Archie Leach
K
Kevin Kline
Otto
M
Michael Palin
Ken Pile
M
Maria Aitken
Wendy
T
Tom Georgeson
Georges Thomason
P
Patricia Hayes
Mrs. Coady
G
Geoffrey Palmer
Judge
M
Mark Elwes
Customer in Jeweler's Shop
N
Neville Phillips
Manager of Jeweler's Shop
P
Peter Jonfield
Inspector Marvin
J
Jeremy Child
Mr. Ian Johnson
S
Stephen Fry
Hutchison
K
Ken Campbell
Bartlett
A
Al Hunter Ashton
Warder
R
Roger Hume
Locksmith
R
Roger Brierley
Davidson
L
Llewellyn Rees
Sir John
M
Michael Percival
Percival
K
Kate Lansbury
Magistrate
