ComedyCrimeDrama
Drowning by Numbers
“Three Women And A Coroner.”
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter—both also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.
Directed by Peter Greenaway
70
User score
195 votes
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Status
Released
Released
September 2, 1988
Runtime
1h 59m
Language
English
Budget → Revenue
$1.5M → $424.8K
Top cast
Joan Plowright
Cissie Colpitts
Juliet Stevenson
Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)
Joely Richardson
Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)
Bernard Hill
Henry Madgett
Jason Edwards
Smut
Bryan Pringle
Jake
Trevor Cooper
Hardy
David Morrissey
Bellamy
John Rogan
Gregory
Paul Mooney
Teigan
Jane Gurnett
Nancy
Kenny Ireland
Jonah Bognor
Michael Percival
Moses Bognor
Joanna Dickens
Mrs. Hardy
Janine Duvitski
Marina Bellamy
Michael Fitzgerald
Mr. 70 Van Dyke
Edward Tudor-Pole
Mr. 71 Van Dyke
Natalie Morse
The Skipping Girl
Arthur Spreckley
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Ian Talbot
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