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.
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