ComedyCrime

Wilt

- Has the shocking truth about Henry Wilt been inflated?

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.

Release Date : 1989-05-12

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : TalkbackThe Rank OrganisationLWTPicture Partnership

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt

Cast

Character Name : Inspector Flint

Original Name : Mel Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Wilt

Original Name : Griff Rhys Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eva

Original Name : Alison Steadman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr Pittman

Original Name : Roger Lloyd Pack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : Diana Quick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hugh

Original Name : Jeremy Clyde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dave

Original Name : Roger Allam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rev. Froude

Original Name : David Ryall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Braintree

Original Name : Dermot Crowley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Treadaway

Original Name : John Normington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gladden

Original Name : Tony Mathews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cranham

Original Name : Charles Lawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Bulstrode

Original Name : Gabrielle Blunt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mossop

Original Name : Edward Clayton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macari

Original Name : Jeffrey Chiswick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. McClaren

Original Name : Julia McCarthy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Yeo

Original Name : Geoffrey McGivern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manageress

Original Name : Tai Ling

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vice Principal

Original Name : Christopher Saul

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ms Clinch

Original Name : Barbara Hicks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Board

Original Name : Adam Bareham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Science Teacher

Original Name : Ian Barritt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Japanese Visitor

Original Name : Togo Igawa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jessell

Original Name : Fergus McLarnon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Figgis

Original Name : Mark Monero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gilmore

Original Name : Sam Smart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Christopher Priest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Leuchars

Original Name : Josephine Tewson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Farmiloe

Original Name : Ken Drury

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boffin

Original Name : David Quilter

Gender : Male

Character Name : WPC Longman

Original Name : Debra Hearst

Gender : Female

Character Name : WPC Duncan

Original Name : Beccy Wright

Gender : Female

Character Name : Constable

Original Name : Dan Hildebrand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adam

Original Name : Don Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dee-Jay

Original Name : Billy Geraghty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Imogen Claire

Gender : Female

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Peter Gluckstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Gina McKee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Neville Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Ann Queensberry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Urwin

Original Name : Jim Dunk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barney

Original Name : Sidney Livingstone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Driver

Original Name : Stewart Harwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : John Melainey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy who sticks his tongue out

Original Name : Alex Scurr

Gender : Male

Reviews

kevin2019

@kevin2019

2024-11-15

"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.