A Gathering of Old Men

Name: A Gathering of Old Men
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1987
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 6.2

1987 · 91 min

Drama · TV Movie

★ 6.2

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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.

Crew

Director Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay Charles Fuller
Director of Photography Edward Lachman

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
P
Papa John Creach
Jacob
Julius Harris
Coot
R
Rosanna Carter
Beulah
W
Walter Breaux
Charlie
J
Joe 'Flash' Riley
Jameson

Crew

Director — Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay — Charles Fuller
Director of Photography — Edward Lachman

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