A Gathering of Old Men

1987
1h 31m
Drama · TV Movie
6.2/10

A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder of a violent white farmer to protect the young Black man who actually killed him.

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.

Mathu

Richard Widmark

Sheriff Mapes

Holly Hunter

Candy Marshall

Will Patton

Lou Dimes

Joe Seneca

Clatoo

Woody Strode

Yank

Tiger Haynes

Booker

Papa John Creach

Jacob

Julius Harris

Coot

Rosanna Carter

Beulah

Walter Breaux

Charlie

Joe 'Flash' Riley

Jameson

Danny Barker

Chimley

Sandman Sims

Uncle Billy

P. Jay Sidney

Gable

Arthur Shilling

Griffin

Lenore Banks

Miss Merle

Al Shannon

Luke Will

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