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A Gathering of Old Men

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.

Date: 05/10/1987

Rating: 6.0

Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Will Patton, Joe Seneca, Woody Strode, Tiger Haynes, Papa John Creach, Julius Harris, Rosanna Carter, Walter Breaux, Joe 'Flash' Riley, Danny Barker, Sandman Sims, P. Jay Sidney, Arthur Shilling, Lenore Banks, Al Shannon, Stocker Fontelieu, Richard Whaley, Lucille McKay, Eliott Keener, Carol Sutton, Pat Perkins, Jerome Reddick, Dave Petitjean, Dwayne Jones, James Michael Bailey, Adam Storke

Louis Gossett Jr.