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A Gathering of Old Men
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A Gathering of Old Men

1987-05-10 · 91 min · ★ 6.2

Drama · TV Movie

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.

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Directors
Volker Schlöndorff
Production companies
Consolidated Productions, HR, Jennie & Co., CBS Productions, Neue Bioskop Film, Zenith Entertainment
Countries
Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.Louis Gossett Jr.Mathu
Richard WidmarkRichard WidmarkSheriff Mapes
Holly HunterHolly HunterCandy Marshall
Will PattonWill PattonLou Dimes
Joe SenecaJoe SenecaClatoo
Woody StrodeWoody StrodeYank
Tiger HaynesTiger HaynesBooker
Papa John CreachJacob
Julius HarrisJulius HarrisCoot
Rosanna CarterBeulah
Walter BreauxCharlie
Joe 'Flash' RileyJameson
Danny BarkerChimley
Sandman  SimsSandman SimsUncle Billy
P. Jay SidneyGable
Arthur ShillingGriffin
Lenore BanksLenore BanksMiss Merle
Al ShannonLuke Will
Stocker FontelieuStocker FontelieuFix
Richard WhaleyBeau

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