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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.
Theatrical
Apr 26, 1991
Box Office
$425K
Budget
$1.5M
Return
0.3x
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Production, Film4 Productions, VPRO
Cast
Full credits →J
Joan Plowright
Cissie Colpitts
J
Juliet Stevenson
Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)
J
Joely Richardson
Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)
B
Bernard Hill
Henry Madgett
B
Bryan Pringle
Jake
T
Trevor Cooper
Hardy
D
David Morrissey
Bellamy
J
John Rogan
Gregory
P
Paul Mooney
Teigan
J
Jane Gurnett
Nancy
K
Kenny Ireland
Jonah Bognor
M
Michael Percival
Moses Bognor
J
Joanna Dickens
Mrs. Hardy
J
Janine Duvitski
Marina Bellamy
M
Michael Fitzgerald
Mr. 70 Van Dyke
E
Edward Tudor-Pole
Mr. 71 Van Dyke
N
Natalie Morse
The Skipping Girl
A
Arthur Spreckley
Sid the Gravedigger
I
Ian Talbot
The Police Detective
R
Roderic Leigh
The Policeman
