Drowning by Numbers
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Drowning by Numbers

19881h 59mComedyCrimeDrama
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Story Line

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.

Three Women And A Coroner.

Top Cast

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Cissie Colpitts

Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)

Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson

Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Henry Madgett

Jason Edwards

Smut

Bryan Pringle

Bryan Pringle

Jake

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Rating

7.0/ 10

Release Date

1988-09-02

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

ComedyCrimeDrama

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User Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/10
8/9/2023
I actually found this to be one of Peter Greenaway's more accessible films. Though it's still riddled with some surreal imagery that made little, if any, sense to me, it is quite an effective and funny look at the institution of marriage. Now the Col...