Cissie Colpitts drowns her husband after becoming sick of his philandering ways, and enlists the aid of local coroner Madgett to cover up her crime. However, when the spouses of Cissie's identically named daughter and granddaughter meet similar fates, the unfortunate Madgett is cajoled into hiding yet more murders. Black comedy, starring Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson and Bernard Hill.

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.