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Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Directed by Peter Greenaway
“Three Women And A Coroner.”
Comedy, Crime, Drama · 1h 59m
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.
Cast
Joan Plowright
Cissie Colpitts
Juliet Stevenson
Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)
Joely Richardson
Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)
Bernard Hill
Henry Madgett
J
Jason Edwards
Smut
Bryan Pringle
Jake
Trevor Cooper
Hardy
David Morrissey
Bellamy
John Rogan
Gregory
P
Paul Mooney
Teigan
Jane Gurnett
Nancy
Kenny Ireland
Jonah Bognor
Crew
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Writer
- Peter Greenaway
- Director of Photography
- Sacha Vierny
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Nyman
- Editor
- John Wilson
- Producer
- Kees Kasander, Denis Wigman
Details
- Release date
- 1988-09-02
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Production
- Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Production, VPRO, Film Four International
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Box office
- $424,773