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An unlucky lecturer's wife goes missing and he's accused of her murder.An unlucky lecturer's wife goes missing and he's accused of her murder.An unlucky lecturer's wife goes missing and he's accused of her murder.
Jeffrey Chiswick
- Macari
- (as Geoffrey Chiswick)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaWilt was the first in a loose series of satirical novels featuring the character Henry Wilt written by Tom Sharpe; the others in the series were The Wilt Alternative, Wilt On High, Wilt in Nowhere and the Wilt Inheritance.
- GoofsIn the restaurant scene towards the beginning of the movie, when The Wilts are having dinner, the waitress comes in and asks if anyone has a 'Y' registration Cavalier and Henry gets up, however, later shots of the same car show it to be an 'X' registration car.
- Quotes
[Henry bursts into the church, to find the vicar trying to strangle Eva]
Henry Wilt: Now you listen here, if anyone's going to murder my wife, it's going to be me!
- Alternate versionsA near identical version exists for TV broadcast that replaces all the strong profanity (such as the F word) with milder swear words such as 'bloody'. Closer examination shows that these scenes do not appear dubbed indicating that during filming some scenes were specially filmed again using the milder language. This version was broadcast on ITV in the UK in the 1990s and as this film was co-financed by an ITV network (LWT) this would appear to indicate that these changes were planned well in advance with television screenings in mind.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The James Whale Radio Show: Entertainment? (1991)
- SoundtracksLove Hurts
Written by Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant
Performed by Leo Sayer
Produced by Anne Dudley and Ted Hayton for Buffalo Music Ltd.
Published by Acuff-Rose Opryland Music Ltd.
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Funny in parts
Many reviewers seem to have missed the point of this film. It was a vehicle for the talents of Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith who were the top TV comedy team of the period. This film even incorporates one of their trademark comedy sketches,where they face each other in profile whilst carrying on a comedy dialogue.
So the novel they used was just a peg on which to hang their comedy characters. It has its funny moments.
In fact it is probably the best of their films. Morons from outer space didn't even achieve a cinema release The film actually performed reasonably in the UK but sank without a trace elsewhere.
So the novel they used was just a peg on which to hang their comedy characters. It has its funny moments.
In fact it is probably the best of their films. Morons from outer space didn't even achieve a cinema release The film actually performed reasonably in the UK but sank without a trace elsewhere.
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- malcolmgsw
- Apr 29, 2023
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Puppenmord
- Filming locations
- Middlesex Polytechnic, Bounds Green, London, England, UK(college interiors)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $113,014
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt (1989) officially released in Canada in English?
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