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The Grass Is Singing

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.

1981 |1h 45m |  Drama

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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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Björn Gedda

Sgt. Denham

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Jan Nygren

Doctor

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Language

English

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