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Drowning by Numbers

1988 • 1h59m Comedy, Crime, Drama

Rating

7.0/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Peter Greenaway

Screenplay

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Joan Plowright

Juliet Stevenson

Joely Richardson

Release date

9/10/1988

Status

Released

Budget

$1,500,000

Revenue

$424,773

Origin country

NL

GB

Vote count

189