---
title: 'Killing Heat (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Raeburn'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/killing-heat-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084033/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Killing Heat (1981)

1981 · 105 min · Drama · Sweden


## Synopsis

Killing Heat is a 1981 film based on Doris Lessing's 1950 novel The Grass Is Singing. It stars Karen Black and John Thaw and was filmed in Zambia and Sweden. The film was released in Zimbabwe as The Grass is Singing.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Raeburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-raeburn)
- **Screenplay:** [Doris Lessing](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lessing)
- **Producer:** [Mark Forstater](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-forstater)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bille August](https://cinepixo.com/people/bille-august)

## Cast

- [John Moulder-Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-moulder-brown)
- [Karen Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-black)
- [Patrick Mynhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-mynhardt)
- [John Kani](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kani)
- [John Thaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-thaw)

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