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Drowning by Numbers(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-09-02
70%
192 Votes
Time: 1h 59m
Three Women And A Coroner.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Netherlands,
United Kingdom
Budget: $1,500,000.00
Revenue: $424,773.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties
Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer
Allarts Production
Movie: Drowning by Numbers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Joan Plowright
Cissie Colpitts
Juliet Stevenson
Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)
Joely Richardson
Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)
Bernard Hill
Henry Madgett
Bryan Pringle
Jake
Trevor Cooper
Hardy
David Morrissey
Bellamy
John Rogan
Gregory
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