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Released
1987 · FILM

A Gathering of Old Men

Runtime
91 min
DramaTV Movie

Synopsis

A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder of a violent white farmer in order to protect the young Black man who actually committed the act.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Nancy BakerShot by Edward LachmanScored by Ron CarterDesigned by Thomas A Walsh

Also known as

  • Ein Aufstand alter Männerde
  • Recuerdos del viejo Louisianaes
  • Colère en Louisianefr
  • Tutti colpevoliit

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