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See China and Die
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Cast
*Esther Rolle as Momma Sykes
*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
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.
References
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