A Gathering of Old Men

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.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff

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

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Papa John Creach

Jacob

Julius Harris

Coot

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Rosanna Carter

Beulah