See China and Die

See China and Die

Directed by	Larry Cohen
Produced by	Larry Cohen Hal Schaffel
Written by	Larry Cohen
Starring	Esther Rolle Kene Holliday
Music by	Michael Abene
Cinematography	Paul Glickman
Production company	Big Hit Productions
Release dates	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. It was intended to be a pilot for a mystery/crime series starring Esther Rolle called Momma the Detective but the show never materialized.

Plot

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.

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

References

External links

See China and Die at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Larry Cohen

Bone (1972)
Black Caesar (1973)
Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
It's Alive (1974)
God Told Me To (1976)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
It Lives Again (1978)
Full Moon High (1981)
See China and Die (1981)
Q (1982)
Special Effects (1984)
Perfect Strangers (1984)
The Stuff (1985)
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
Deadly Illusion (1987)
Wicked Stepmother (1989)
The Ambulance (1990)
As Good as Dead (1995)
Original Gangstas (1996)

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