Drowning by Numbers
Three Women And A Coroner.
7.0(195) 1988-09-02 119 minComedyCrimeDrama
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.
DirectorPeter Greenaway
WriterPeter Greenaway
Original Music ComposerMichael Nyman
ProducerKees Kasander
ProducerDenis Wigman
Cast & characters
Joan Plowright
as Cissie Colpitts
Juliet Stevenson
as Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)
Joely Richardson
as Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)
Bernard Hill
as Henry Madgett
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Jason Edwards
as Smut
Bryan Pringle
as Jake
Trevor Cooper
as Hardy
David Morrissey
as Bellamy
John Rogan
as Gregory
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Paul Mooney
as Teigan
Jane Gurnett
as Nancy
Kenny Ireland
as Jonah Bognor
Michael Percival
as Moses Bognor
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Joanna Dickens
as Mrs. Hardy
Janine Duvitski
as Marina Bellamy
Michael Fitzgerald
as Mr. 70 Van Dyke
Edward Tudor-Pole
as Mr. 71 Van Dyke
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Natalie Morse
as The Skipping Girl
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Arthur Spreckley
as Sid the Gravedigger
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Ian Talbot
as The Police Detective
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Roderic Leigh
as The Policeman
Vanni Corbellini
as The Hare
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Jose Berg
as Skipping Girl's Mother
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Peter Jaques
as Priest (uncredited)
