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Drowning by Numbers( 1988)

TV-MAComedyCrime
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Three Women And A Coroner.

Overview

Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Joan Plowright

      Cissie Colpitts 1

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      Juliet Stevenson

      Cissie Colpitts 2

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      Joely Richardson

      Cissie Colpitts 3

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      Bernard Hill

      Madgett

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      Jason Edwards

      Smut

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      Bryan Pringle

      Jake

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      Trevor Cooper

      Hardy

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      David Morrissey

      Bellamy

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      John Rogan

      Gregory

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      Paul Mooney

      Teigan

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      Jane Gurnett

      Nancy

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      Kenny Ireland

      Jonah Bognor

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      Michael Percival

      Moses Bognor

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      Joanna Dickens

      Mrs. Hardy

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      Janine Duvitski

      Marina Bellamy

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      Michael Fitzgerald

      Mr. 70 Van Dyke

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      Edward Tudor-Pole

      Mr. 71 Van Dyke

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      Natalie Morse

      The Skipping Girl

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      Arthur Spreckley

      Sid the Gravedigger

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      Ian Talbot

      The Police Detective

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      Roderic Leigh

      The Policeman

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      Vanni Corbellini

      The Hare

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      Jose Berg

      Skipping Girl's Mother

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      Peter Jaques

      Priest (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Aug 09 2023
    I actually found this to be one of Peter Greenaway's more accessible films. Though it's still riddled with some surreal imagery that made little, if any, sense to me, it is quite an effective and funny look at the institution of marriage. Now the Colpitts family can't really be accused of having much imagination when it comes to naming their offspring. "Cissie" (Joan Plowright) has "Cissie" (Juliet Stephenson) who has "Cissie (Joely Richardson) and none of these women make matches that they want to endure. There's plenty of philandering going on, so - well use the title as a clue as to just wha...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • drowning
    • dark comedy
    • coroner
    • suffolk, england