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A Gathering of Old Men

Volker Schlöndorff
     91 m.
Synopsis
Louisiana, at the end of the seventies. Someone has shot white farmer Beau Bouton before the house of Mathu, the old black tenant, who instantly becomes the main suspect. Young Candy Marshall tries to impede his lynching by gathering the old black men who subsist precariously in the neighbouring huts. Eighteen possible authors of the action therefore await the sheriff's arrival.
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay
Charles Fuller
Photography
Edward Lachmann
Edition
Nancy Baker, Craig McKay
Music
Ron Carter
Cast
Richard Widmark, Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, Will Patton
Running Time
91 m.
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