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.
Cast
Louis Gossett Jr.
Mathu
Richard Widmark
Sheriff Mapes
Holly Hunter
Candy Marshall
Will Patton
Lou Dimes
Joe Seneca
Clatoo
Woody Strode
Yank
Tiger Haynes
Booker
Papa John Creach
Jacob
Julius Harris
Coot
Rosanna Carter
Beulah
Walter Breaux
Charlie
Joe 'Flash' Riley
Jameson
Danny Barker
Chimley
Sandman Sims
Uncle Billy
P. Jay Sidney
Gable
Arthur Shilling
Griffin
Lenore Banks
Miss Merle
Al Shannon
Luke Will
Stocker Fontelieu
Fix
Richard Whaley
Beau
Lucille McKay
Bea Marshall
Eliott Keener
Herman
Carol Sutton
Janey
Pat Perkins
Aunt Glo
Jerome Reddick
Snookum
Dave Petitjean
Deputy Russell
Dwayne Jones
Leroy
James Michael Bailey
Alcee
Adam Storke
Gil
Crew
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Charles Fuller
Screenplay
Ernest J. Gaines
Novel
Nancy Baker
Editor
Craig McKay
Editor
Edward Lachman
Director of Photography
Michael Deeley
Executive Producer
Gower Frost
Producer
James Bigwood
Associate Producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Co-Producer
Thomas A. Walsh
Production Design
Pat Golden
Casting
Susan Gammie
Costume Design
Ted Long
Hairstylist
Gigi Coker
Makeup Supervisor
Ron Carter
Music
Jan Pascale
Set Decoration
Jay Klein
Art Direction
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