

MovieComedyCrimeDrama
Drowning by Numbers
Three Women And A Coroner.
7.0(201)19881h 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.
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Writers
- Peter Greenaway
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Cast

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

Edward Tudor-Pole
Mr. 71 Van Dyke
Natalie Morse
The Skipping Girl
Arthur Spreckley
Sid the Gravedigger
Ian Talbot
The Police Detective
Roderic Leigh
The Policeman

Vanni Corbellini
The Hare
Jose Berg
Skipping Girl's Mother
Peter Jaques
Priest (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Peter GreenawayDirector
Writing
- Peter GreenawayWriter
Production
- Sharon Howard-FieldCasting
- Kees KasanderProducer
- Denis WigmanProducer
- Evelien JansenProduction Manager
- Peter JaquesLine Producer
Camera
- Sacha ViernyDirector of Photography
Editing
- John WilsonEditor
Sound
- Chris WyattSound Editor
- Garth MarshallSound Recordist
- Trevor HollandSound Effects Editor
- Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Allard BekkerSet Dresser
- Constance de VosSet Dresser
- Ben van OsProduction Design
- Jan RoelfsProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Sara MeermanMakeup Department Head
- Dien van StraalenCostume Design