Summary
Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt.
Cast
Mel Smith
Inspector Flint
Griff Rhys Jones
Henry Wilt
Alison Steadman
Eva
Roger Lloyd Pack
Dr Pittman
Diana Quick
Sally
Jeremy Clyde
Hugh
Roger Allam
Dave
David Ryall
Rev. Froude
Dermot Crowley
Braintree
John Normington
Treadaway
Tony Mathews
Gladden
Charles Lawson
Cranham
Gabrielle Blunt
Mrs. Bulstrode
Edward Clayton
Mossop
Jeffrey Chiswick
Macari
Julia McCarthy
Mrs. McClaren
Geoffrey McGivern
Mr. Yeo
Tai Ling
Manageress
Christopher Saul
Vice Principal
Barbara Hicks
Ms Clinch
Adam Bareham
Board
Ian Barritt
Science Teacher
Togo Igawa
Japanese Visitor
Fergus McLarnon
Jessell
Mark Monero
Figgis
Sam Smart
Gilmore
Christopher Priest
Student
Josephine Tewson
Miss Leuchars
Ken Drury
Farmiloe
David Quilter
Boffin
Debra Hearst
WPC Longman
Beccy Wright
WPC Duncan
Dan Hildebrand
Constable
Don Williams
Adam
Billy Geraghty
Dee-Jay
Imogen Claire
Party Guest
Peter Gluckstein
Party Guest
Gina McKee
Party Guest
Neville Phillips
Party Guest
Ann Queensberry
Party Guest
Jim Dunk
Urwin
Sidney Livingstone
Barney
Stewart Harwood
Driver
John Melainey
Reporter
Alex Scurr
Boy who sticks his tongue out
Crew
Director
Michael Tuchner
Novel
Tom Sharpe
Screenplay
David Renwick
Screenplay
Andrew Marshall
Reviews
kevin2019
November 15, 2024
8
"Wilt" is a consistently amusing film throughout which perfectly uses the comedy of extreme embarrassment to good effect as Henry Wilt bungles his way from one improbable - yet never entirely implausible - catastrophe to the next. The many twists and turns it takes are completely unanticipated until the very end when it becomes perfectly clear Wilt's wife Eva is very much alive and she has inadvertently stumbled into the clutches of the strangler and, even though this character has been referenced elsewhere earlier on in the film, this doesn't spoil the fun in any way. The finale has lots of comedic energy running through it to sustain it until the very end and the film as a whole is satisfactorily concluded on every level.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
Keywords
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