Movie
Drowning by Numbers
Three Women And A Coroner.
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.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Drowning by Numbers
Cast
Joan PlowrightCissie Colpitts
Juliet StevensonCissie Colpitts (Daughter)
Joely RichardsonCissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)
Bernard HillHenry Madgett
Bryan PringleJake
Trevor CooperHardy
David MorrisseyBellamyCredits
- Directed by
- Peter Greenaway
- Written by
- Peter Greenaway
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $424.8K
Production
- Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties
- Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer
- Allarts Production
Film4 ProductionsUnited Kingdom
VPRONetherlands
