01602cgm a2200181 4500 681628250 TxAuBib 230413m19871997||||||||||||||||||v|und|u TxAuBib A Gathering of old men and In his father's shoes [Movie]. Echo Bridge Entertainment, 1987-1997. DVD Color; 90mins. & 105 mins.; 1 double sided disc. IN HIS FATHER'S SHOES: When his father (Louis Gossett Jr.) suddenly dies, Clay Crosby (Robert Ri'chard) is devastated. It seems he'll never be able to get over the loss. But everything changes when the boy puts on a pair of his father's wingtip shoes, which magically bring him back in time to experience his father's early life. As Clay gets to know his dad in the past, he gains an improved outlook on his own life. And, by changing the past, he wonders if it might be possible to create a better future. A GATHERING OF OLD MEN: Following the death of a racist white farmer, suspicions fly about the murderer's identity. Soon, elderly black man Mathu (Louis Gossett Jr.), a local sharecropper, is pegged as the prime suspect. Concerned about the threat of a lynch mob, Mathu's kind boss, Candy Marshall (Holly Hunter), gathers his friends and co-workers together to protect him. When all Mathu's fellow old men confess to the crime, it makes the investigation by Sheriff Mapes (Richard Widmark) that much trickier. Adults - 1st movie/Teens+ - 2nd movie. Fantasy drama. Trial drama.