The Grass Is Singing

Overview

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.

Directed by Michael Raeburn

Top cast

Karen Black

Mary Turner

John Thaw

Dick Turner

John Kani

Moses

Patrick Mynhardt

Charlie Muller

John Moulder-Brown

Tony Marston

M

Margaret Heale

Ellen Muller

Björn Gedda

Sgt. Denham

Jan Nygren

Doctor

V

Vincent Mijoni

Boss' Boy

I

Ivy Miyanda

Moses' Wife

R

Reg Cornish

Mary's Boss

G

Gailos Shiyamba

Samson

K

Kennedy Mungomba

Fison

M

Martyn Hitchins

Harry

W

Wesley Kaonga

Dhlamini

J

Jesse Martin

Matron

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