"Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings."
Joan Plowright
as Cissie Colpitts 1
Juliet Stevenson
as Cissie Colpitts 2
Joely Richardson
as Cissie Colpitts 3
Bernard Hill
as Madgett
Jason Edwards
as Smut
Bryan Pringle
as Jake
Trevor Cooper
as Hardy
David Morrissey
as Bellamy
John Rogan
as Gregory
Paul Mooney
as Teigan
Jane Gurnett
as Nancy
Kenny Ireland
as Jonah Bognor
Michael Percival
as Moses Bognor
Joanna Dickens
as Mrs. Hardy
Janine Duvitski
as Marina Bellamy
Michael Fitzgerald
as Mr. 70 Van Dyke
Edward Tudor-Pole
as Mr. 71 Van Dyke
Natalie Morse
as The Skipping Girl
Arthur Spreckley
as Sid the Gravedigger
Ian Talbot
as The Police Detective
Roderic Leigh
as The Policeman
Vanni Corbellini
as The Hare
Jose Berg
as Skipping Girl's Mother
Peter Jaques
as Priest (uncredited)
Peter Greenaway
Director
Writer
Allard Bekker
Set Dresser
Chris Wyatt
Sound Editor
Garth Marshall
Sound Recordist
Sara Meerman
Makeup Department Head
Constance de Vos
Trevor Holland
Sound Effects Editor
Sacha Vierny
Director of Photography
Dien van Straalen
Costume Design
Line Producer
Jan Roelfs
Production Design
Kees Kasander
Producer
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
John Wilson
Editor
Sharon Howard-Field
Casting
Ben van Os
Denis Wigman
Evelien Jansen
Production Manager