Drowning by Numbers

Directed by Peter Greenaway
R
1988    1h 59mDrama, Comedy
7.188%88%7.0
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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.
  • Joan PlowrightCissie Colpitts
  • Juliet StevensonCissie Colpitts (Daughter)
  • Joely RichardsonCissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)
  • Bernard HillHenry Madgett
  • Jason EdwardsSmut
  • Bryan PringleJake
  • Trevor CooperHardy
  • David MorrisseyBellamy
  • John RoganGregory
  • Paul MooneyTeigan
  • Jane GurnettNancy
  • Kenny IrelandJonah Bognor
  • Michael PercivalMoses Bognor
  • Joanna DickensMrs. Hardy
  • Janine DuvitskiMarina Bellamy
  • Michael FitzgeraldMr. 70 Van Dyke
  • Edward Tudor-PoleMr. 71 Van Dyke
  • Natalie MorseThe Skipping Girl
  • Arthur SpreckleySid the Gravedigger
  • Ian TalbotThe Police Detective
  • SamNovember 17, 2025
    it was cool to see a movie that so clearly inspired wes anderson, and the games they invented were really dope. I appreciated that everything was tied up very nicely but why do so many of these people that live by the sea not know how to swim?

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