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Holly Hunter, James Michael Bailey, Julius Harris

Racial intolerance grows as thick as Spanish moss on a Louisiana bayou tree in this tale adapted from Ernest J. Gaines's novel. After a tenant farmer is killed, black sharecropper Mathu (Louis Gossett...( read more  read more... ) Jr.) is accused of his death. Sympathetic plantation owner Candy (Holly Hunter) tries to protect Mathu from a lynch mob, and when the sheriff (Richard Widmark) arrives, Mathu's elderly associates confess to the killing to save their good friend.

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PG, 91 min.

Directed by: Volker Schlondorff

Release Date: May 10, 1987

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DVD Release Date: August 16, 2005

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  • ileo
    January 10, 2008
    ileo
    An interesting movie.
  • Phonex
    July 10, 2009
    Phonex
    Tribute RICHARD WIDMARK (December 26, 1914-March 24, 2008 ) by Volker Schlondorff-1987.
  • Epicouros
    April 5, 2008
    Epicouros
    from the very good films ..

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