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Drowning by Numbers (1988)

"Three Women And A Coroner."

7.1/10 1h 59m Sep 10, 1988
Comedy Crime

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

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Movie Details

Original Title Drowning by Numbers
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7

Cast

Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright
Cissie Colpitts 1
Popularity: 4.7
Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson
Cissie Colpitts 2
Popularity: 1.1
Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson
Cissie Colpitts 3
Popularity: 4.9
Bernard Hill
Bernard Hill
Madgett
Popularity: 10.2
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Jason Edwards
Smut
Popularity: 0.9
Bryan Pringle
Bryan Pringle
Jake
Popularity: 7.5
Trevor Cooper
Trevor Cooper
Hardy
Popularity: 0.9
David Morrissey
David Morrissey
Bellamy
Popularity: 3.9
John Rogan
John Rogan
Gregory
Popularity: 1.4
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Paul Mooney
Teigan
Popularity: 0.3
Jane Gurnett
Jane Gurnett
Nancy
Popularity: 3.4
Kenny Ireland
Kenny Ireland
Jonah Bognor
Popularity: 1.1

Key Crew

Director Peter Greenaway
Writer Peter Greenaway
Producer Kees Kasander, Denis Wigman
Editor John Wilson

Production

Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties
Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer
Allarts Production
Film4 Productions
GB
VPRO
NL

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Keywords

drowning dark comedy coroner suffolk, england

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Aug 9, 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 muc ... Read more

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Details
Release Date September 10, 1988
Runtime 1h 59m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7
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