A Gathering of Old Men 1987

A Gathering of Old Men

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PG
Drama TV Movie

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.

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Louis Gossett Jr.

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Richard Widmark

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Candy Marshall

Will Patton

Lou Dimes

Joe Seneca

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Woody Strode

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Release Date 1987-05-10
Runtime 1h 31m
Directors Volker Schlöndorff, Edward Lachman
Producers Eberhard Junkersdorf, Gower Frost, James Bigwood, Michael Deeley
Writers Charles Fuller, Ernest J. Gaines