Film

Drowning by Numbers

1988 · 1h 59m · Comedy · Crime · Drama

Three Women And A Coroner.

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

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.

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

• Peter GreenawayDirector · Writer
• Kees KasanderProducer
• Denis WigmanProducer
• Sacha ViernyDirector of Photography
• Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
• John WilsonEditor
• Sharon Howard-FieldCasting

Trailer

Release date

September 2, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Budget

$1,500,000

Revenue

$424,773

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Drama

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