A Gathering of Old Men

PG
1h 31m
1987
6 /10 (10)

Overview

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.

Country : Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 1987-05-10

Top Billed 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

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