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A Gathering of Old Men
May 10, 1987 · 1h 31m
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Drama
TV Movie
PLOT
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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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
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Consolidated Productions, HR, Jennie & Co., CBS Productions, Neue Bioskop Film, Zenith Entertainment
Country
GB, US
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