Movie

A Gathering of Old Men

19871h 31min

A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.

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

Stocker Fontelieu

Fix

Richard Whaley

Beau

Lucille McKay

Bea Marshall

Eliott Keener

Herman

Carol Sutton

Janey

Pat Perkins

Aunt Glo

Jerome Reddick

Snookum

Dave Petitjean

Deputy Russell

Dwayne Jones

Leroy

James Michael Bailey

Alcee

Adam Storke

Gil

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