A Gathering of Old Men (1987)

PG ★ 6.2/10 91 min Drama, TV Movie Germany, United Kingdom, United States English

Novel: Ernest J. Gaines
Screenplay by: Charles Fuller

Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top 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