Drowning by Numbers

Sep 10, 1988

1h 59m

★ 7.0

Three Women And A Coroner.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties

Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer

Allarts Production

Film4 Productions

VPRO

Drowning by Numbers Trailers

Cast

Cissie Colpitts

Joan Plowright

Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)

Juliet Stevenson

Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)

Joely Richardson

Henry Madgett

Bernard Hill

Smut

Jason Edwards

Jake

Bryan Pringle

Hardy

Trevor Cooper

Bellamy

David Morrissey

Gregory

John Rogan

Teigan

Paul Mooney

Nancy

Jane Gurnett

Jonah Bognor

Kenny Ireland

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