Release Date

10 May, 1987

Runtime

01:31: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.

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Actors

Louis Gossett Jr.

Richard Widmark

Holly Hunter

Will Patton

Joe Seneca

Woody Strode

Tiger Haynes

Papa John Creach

Julius Harris

Rosanna Carter

Walter Breaux

Joe 'Flash' Riley

Danny Barker

Sandman Sims

P. Jay Sidney

Arthur Shilling

Lenore Banks

Al Shannon

Stocker Fontelieu

Richard Whaley

Lucille McKay

Crew

Volker Schlöndorff

Ernest J. Gaines

Charles Fuller

Edward Lachman

Gower Frost

Nancy Baker

Craig McKay

Ron Carter

Eberhard Junkersdorf

Gigi Coker

Jay Klein

Susan Gammie

James Bigwood

Thomas A. Walsh