The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
“Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!”
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael. Despite their best efforts to keep it secret, Spica learns about their trysts, and he plots a terrible revenge.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
Allarts
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover performed
Budget
$2.3M
Worldwide Gross
$7.7M
Gross Profit
$5.4M
Return
3.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Albert Spica
Michael Gambon
Albert Spica
Richard Boarst
Richard Bohringer
Richard Boarst
Georgina Spica
Helen Mirren
Georgina Spica
Michael
Alan Howard
Michael
Mitchel
Tim Roth
Mitchel
Cory
Ciarán Hinds
Cory
Grace
Liz Smith
Grace
Spangler
Gary Olsen
Spangler
Harris
Ewan Stewart
Harris
Turpin
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Turpin
Terry Fitch
Ian Dury
Terry Fitch
May Fitch
Diane Langton
May Fitch
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