"Sometimes finding true love can be the death of you."

2002

1h 34m

6.1(115 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Brenda Blethyn

Betty Rhys-Jones

Alfred Molina

Boris Plots

Naomi Watts

Meredith Mainwaring

Lee Evans

Delbert

Robert Pugh

Hugh Rhys-Jones

Christopher Walken

Frank Featherbed

Jerry Springer

Hannah Higgins

Young Betty

Joshua Jenkins

Young Boris

Shaun Phillips

Young Hugh

Creative team

Directed by: Nick Hurran
Written by: Fred Ponzlov
Produced by: Michael Cowan
Suzanne Lyons

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