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02/09/1988 Comedy, Crime, Drama 1h 59m
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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.

  1. Peter Greenaway

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Joan Plowright

    Cissie Colpitts

  2. Juliet Stevenson

    Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)

  3. Joely Richardson

    Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)

  4. Bernard Hill

    Henry Madgett

  5. Jason Edwards

    Smut

  6. Bryan Pringle

    Jake

  7. Trevor Cooper

    Hardy

  8. David Morrissey

    Bellamy

  9. John Rogan

    Gregory

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-09
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 wh...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,500,000.00

Revenue
$424,773.00

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