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==Premise== |
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A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China. She acts as an amateur sleuth to solve the murder of her employer.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA91</ref> |
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China. She acts as an amateur sleuth to solve the murder of her employer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA91|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|first=Jerry|last=Roberts|date=5 June 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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==Cast== |
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*[[Esther Rolle]] as Momma Sykes<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=wNIzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA293</ref> |
*[[Esther Rolle]] as Momma Sykes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNIzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA293|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|first=Bob|last=McCann|date=27 October 2018|publisher=McFarland & Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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*[[Kene Holliday]] as Sgt. Alvin Sykes |
*[[Kene Holliday]] as Sgt. Alvin Sykes |
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*[[Frank Converse]] as Tom Hackman |
*[[Frank Converse]] as Tom Hackman |
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*[[William Walker II]] as Andy Sykes |
*[[William Walker II]] as Andy Sykes |
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*[[Miguel Pinero]] as Gonzalez |
*[[Miguel Pinero]] as Gonzalez |
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*[[James Dukas]] as Transplant<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=BH7GCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA121</ref> |
*[[James Dukas]] as Transplant<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BH7GCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|first=Harris M. Lentz|last=III|date=17 April 2009|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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==Production== |
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The film was originally produced as a pilot for a mystery/crime series starring [[Esther Rolle]] called ''Momma the Detective'', but the show never materialized.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=-gpNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA251</ref> |
The film was originally produced as a pilot for a mystery/crime series starring [[Esther Rolle]] called ''Momma the Detective'', but the show never materialized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gpNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA251|title=Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, rev. ed.|first=Tony|last=Williams|date=18 April 2016|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 12:37, 27 October 2018
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| Directed by | Larry Cohen |
| Written by | Larry Cohen |
| Produced by | Larry Cohen Hal Schaffel |
| Starring | Esther Rolle Kene Holliday |
| Cinematography | Paul Glickman |
| Music by | Michael Abene |
Production company | |
Release date | December 9, 1981 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
See China and Die (released in Europe as Hearsay) is a 1981 television film written, produced and directed by Larry Cohen.
Premise
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China. She acts as an amateur sleuth to solve the murder of her employer.[1]
Cast
- Esther Rolle as Momma Sykes[2]
- Kene Holliday as Sgt. Alvin Sykes
- Frank Converse as Tom Hackman
- Paul Dooley as Ames Prescott
- Andrew Duggan as Edwin Forbes
- Laurence Luckinbill as Dr. Glickman
- Jean Marsh as Sally Hackman
- Fritz Weaver as Poston
- Jane Hitchcock as Ruth
- Claude Brooks as Jessie Sykes
- William Walker II as Andy Sykes
- Miguel Pinero as Gonzalez
- James Dukas as Transplant[3]
Production
The film was originally produced as a pilot for a mystery/crime series starring Esther Rolle called Momma the Detective, but the show never materialized.[4]
References
- ^ Roberts, Jerry (5 June 2009). "Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
- ^ McCann, Bob (27 October 2018). "Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television". McFarland & Company – via Google Books.
- ^ III, Harris M. Lentz (17 April 2009). "Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ^ Williams, Tony (18 April 2016). "Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, rev. ed". McFarland – via Google Books.
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