Murder on the Bayou

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Murder on the Bayou ★★★ A Gathering of Old Men 1991 (PG)

Down on the L'siana bayou, a white guy who thinks civil rights are color coded is murdered, and an elderly black man is accused of the crime. Made for TV, well performed, engaging. From the novel by Ernest J. Gaines. 91m/C VHS, DVD . Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Woody Strode, Joe Seneca, Papa John Creach, Julius W. Harris, Will Patton; D: Volker Schlondorff. TV

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