A Gathering of Old Men

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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.

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.

Mathu

Richard Widmark

Sheriff Mapes

Holly Hunter

Candy Marshall

Will Patton

Lou Dimes

Joe Seneca

Clatoo

Woody Strode

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