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The Grass Is Singing

42% | Aug 30, 1981 | Drama

In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.

Featured Crew

Doris Lessing
Novel
Mark Forstater
Producer

Cast

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Karen Black
Mary Turner
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John Thaw
Dick Turner
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John Kani
Moses
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Patrick Mynhardt
Charlie Muller
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John Moulder-Brown
Tony Marston

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