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1981 American TV series or program

See China and Die

Genre	Crime Drama
Written by	Larry Cohen
Directed by	Larry Cohen
Starring	Esther Rolle Kene Holliday
Music by	Joey Levine and Chris Palmaro
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Larry Cohen Hal Schaffel
Cinematography	Paul Glickman
Editor	Armond Lebowitz
Running time	86 minutes
Production company	Big Hit Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 9, 1981 (1981-01-09)

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

Roberts, Jerry (5 June 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781 – via Google Books.
McCann, Bob (27 October 2018). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786437900 – 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. ISBN 9780786453849 – via Google Books.
Williams, Tony (18 April 2016). Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, rev. ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476618197 – via Google Books.

External links

See China and Die at IMDb

v t e Works by Larry Cohen
Films directed	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) See China and Die (1981) Full Moon High (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) "Pick Me Up" (TV, 2006)
TV series created	Branded (1965–66) Blue Light (1966) Coronet Blue (1967) The Invaders (1967–68) Cool Million (1972) Griff (1973–74)

Works by Larry Cohen

Films directed

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)
See China and Die (1981)
Full Moon High (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)
"Pick Me Up" (TV, 2006)

TV series created

Branded (1965–66)
Blue Light (1966)
Coronet Blue (1967)
The Invaders (1967–68)
Cool Million (1972)
Griff (1973–74)

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