Drama ·TV Movie · Germany · 1987 · 1h 31m

A Gathering of Old Men

Director

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr. as Mathu Richard Widmark as Sheriff Mapes Holly Hunter as Candy Marshall Will Patton as Lou Dimes Joe Seneca as Clatoo Woody Strode as Yank

Crew

Edward Lachman — Director of Photography Nancy Baker — Editor Craig McKay — Editor Charles Fuller — Screenplay Ernest J. Gaines — Novel Gower Frost — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

louisiana

Key Collaborators

Volker Schlöndorff Director Edward Lachman Director of Photography Nancy Baker Editor Craig McKay Editor Charles Fuller Screenplay Ernest J. Gaines Novel Gower Frost Producer Thomas A. Walsh Production Design Susan Gammie Costume Design

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