British gangster George Thomason (Tom Georgeson) and his hapless aide, Ken Pile (Michael Palin), draft a pair of arrogant Americans, grifter Wanda Gerschwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) and weapons expert Otto West (Kevin Kline), for a massive diamond heist. When the job goes badly, Wanda attempts to seduce George’s stuffy lawyer, Archie Leach (John Cleese), to find out where George hid the diamonds. Meanwhile, Ken repeatedly attempts to kill an elderly woman (Patricia Hayes) who witnessed the robbery. Commissioned by John Strohmeyer (6.4.23)

Release date: July 15, 1988 (USA)
Director: Charles Crichton
Screenplay: John Cleese
Nominations: David di Donatello for Best Foreign Screenplay, MORE
Story by: John Cleese, Charles Crichton
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United International Pictures