Killing Heat

Killing Heat

105 mins | Drama | Aug. 30, 1981

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.

Killing Heat

105 mins | Drama | Aug. 30, 1981

Killing Heat
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.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Svenska Filminstitutet, Chibote Limited, Mark Forstater Productions Ltd.
Original title Gräset sjunger
Directors Michael Raeburn
Writers Michael Raeburn, Doris Lessing

Cast

Karen Black

as Mary Turner

John Thaw

as Dick Turner

John Kani

as Moses

Patrick Mynhardt

as Charlie Muller

John Moulder-Brown

as Tony Marston

Margaret Heale

as Ellen Muller

Björn Gedda

as Sgt. Denham

Jan Nygren

as Doctor

Vincent Mijoni

as Boss' Boy

Ivy Miyanda

as Moses' Wife

Reg Cornish

as Mary's Boss

Gailos Shiyamba

as Samson

Kennedy Mungomba

as Fison

Martyn Hitchins

as Harry

Wesley Kaonga

as Dhlamini

Jesse Martin

as Matron