Plot Outline: In London, four very different people

team up to commit armed robbery, then try to double

cross each other for the loot.

Main characters

Archie Leach: Georges Lawyer (barrister)

Ken: animal lover
Wanda Gershwitz: Georges official girlfriend
Wendy: Archies wife
Otto: Ex-CIA agent Wanda s so-called brother

Tagline: A tale of murder, lust, greed,

revenge, and seafood

1. What is the name of Kens favorite pet fish?

2. Immediately after the robbery has been committed, Ken seems agitated and worried. What is he
afraid of?

3. After Otto and Wanda had betrayed George, they go back to the garage to collect the loot. What did
Wanda plan to do after that?

4. Why does Wanda decide to go and visit George in prison? What is her real goal and primary objective?

5. Why does George tell Ken not to mention the location of the safe deposit key to Wanda?

6. Wendy (Georges wife) and Portia (their daughter) planned to spend the evening at the opera. Why
come back home so early?

7. Why does Archie decide to rob his own house?

8. What does the old lady die from?

9. What specific type of information does Otto want to extract from Ken?

10. Why does Ken want to kill Otto (at the end of the movie)?
Conditional Tense Worksheet from the film
A Fish Called

wanda
Use your imagination to complete some of the following conditional sentences about
the film:

a. If Archie knew where the jewels were hidden, _________________________

b. If Otto were intelligent, ___________________________________________

c. We wouldnt laugh at the dogs getting killed if ______________________

d. If the old lady didnt recognise George,_____________________________

e. If Otto knew that Wanda was only pretending to be in love with him, __

f. Ken would succeed in killing the witness if __________________________

g. If Wanda didnt fall in love with Archie, ____________________________

h. If Wanda wouldnt be so attractive,__________________________________

i. Ken probably werent so devoted to George if _________________________

j. If Archies marriage was a happy one,________________________________

k. George wouldnt move the loot from the garage if _____________________

l. If Otto wasnt so jealous of Wanda,__________________________________

m. If Wanda didnt see George hide the safety deposit box key in the aquarium,
____________________________________________________________________

n. Archie would have a happier marriage if______________________________

o. If Ken didnt stutter so badly,______________________________________

p. If Wanda really loved Otto, _________________________________________

q. Otto wouldnt get so angry at people calling him stupid if ___________

r. If George knew that Wanda was only faking being in love with him, ____

s. Wanda wouldnt try to seduce Archie if_______________________________

t. This film wouldnt be so funny if____________________________________

u. This film would be funnier if________________________________________

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