A Gathering of Old Men

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.

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  Volker Schlöndorff

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  Louis Gossett Jr.
  Mathu
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  Richard Widmark
  Sheriff Mapes
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  Holly Hunter
  Candy Marshall
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  Will Patton
  Lou Dimes
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  Joe Seneca
  Clatoo
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  Woody Strode
  Yank
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  Tiger Haynes
  Booker
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  Papa John Creach
  Jacob
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  Julius Harris
  Coot
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  Rosanna Carter
  Beulah
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  Walter Breaux
  Charlie
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  Joe 'Flash' Riley
  Jameson
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  Danny Barker
  Chimley
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  Sandman Sims
  Uncle Billy
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  P. Jay Sidney
  Gable
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  Arthur Shilling
  Griffin
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  Lenore Banks
  Miss Merle
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  Al Shannon
  Luke Will
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  Stocker Fontelieu
  Fix
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  Richard Whaley
  Beau