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| A Fish Called Wanda
London-based gangster
George Thomason and his right-hand man, Ken Pile, an animal lover with a bad
stutter, plan a jewel heist. They bring in two Americans to help: a con artist,
Wanda Gershwitz, and "weapons man" Otto West, an Anglophobe who
fancies himself an intellectual. Wanda and Otto are lovers, but hide this fact
from George and Ken, pretending to be brother and sister, so Wanda can work her
charms on them.
The robbery goes
well: the thieves get away with a large sum in diamonds. However, they are
briefly spotted during their getaway by Mrs. Coady, an elderly lady walking her
three dogs. The group then hide the loot in a safe in an old workshop. Soon
after, Wanda and Otto betray George to the police and he is arrested. They
return to collect the loot, only to find that George and Ken have moved it.
Wanda, who was planning to double-cross Otto as well, decides to seduce
George's unhappily married lawyer, Archie Leach, who must endure his vindictive
wife, Wendy, and spoiled daughter, Portia, to find out where the diamonds are
located. Otto becomes insanely jealous, and his interference, combined with
instances of bad luck, lead Wanda and Archie's liaisons to go disastrously
wrong. Wanda reveals that she likes Archie but would only stay with a rich man.
He eventually calls off their attempted affair.
Meanwhile, George
gives Ken the task of killing Mrs. Coady, the Crown's only eyewitness. During
his various attempts to kill her, Ken accidentally kills off her three
Yorkshire Terriers one by one. This causes him grief, as well as grave bodily
harm as each attempt goes wrong. However, Mrs. Coady suffers a fatal heart
attack when her last dog is killed, so Ken is ultimately successful in his
mission.
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