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Wilt

6.4/10
TMDB37 votes
1989Original: English92 min

Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party, Wilt gets stuck to 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.

Genres: Comedy, Crime
Cast: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Alison Steadman, Roger Lloyd Pack, Diana Quick

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About Wilt

Has the shocking truth about Henry Wilt been inflated?

Wilt (1989) is a film in the comedy, crime genres. Directed by Michael Tuchner. The cast includes Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Alison Steadman, Roger Lloyd Pack.

Released
1989-05-12
Original language
English
Runtime
92 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United Kingdom
Production companies
Talkback, The Rank Organisation, LWT, Picture Partnership
Writers
David Renwick, Andrew Marshall

Wilt cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.4/10 from 37 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

"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…

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"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.

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What is Wilt about?

Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party, Wilt gets stuck to 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.

Who stars in Wilt?

Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Alison Steadman, Roger Lloyd Pack, Diana Quick, Jeremy Clyde. See the cast cards above for character names.

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