Wilt (film)

Wilt
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Directed byMichael Tuchner
Written byAndrew Marshall
David Renwick
Tom Sharpe (novel)
Produced byBrian Eastman
StarringGriff Rhys Jones
Mel Smith
Alison Steadman
Diana Quick
CinematographyNorman G. Langley
Edited byChris Blunden
Music byAnne Dudley
Production
companies
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Release date
  • 3 November 1989 (1989-11-03) (UK)
Running time
92 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$74,483
£2,790,603 (UK)

Wilt, released in North America as The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt, is a 1989 film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, and Diana Quick. It is an adaptation by LWT of the 1976 novel Wilt by author Tom Sharpe. The story follows the comic misadventures of the eponymous Henry Wilt as he is accused of the murder of his wife when she suddenly goes missing after a party at a friend's house where they have a very public argument.