Mississippi Burning
1964. When America was at war with itself.
7.7(1,986) 1988-12-08 128 minDramaCrimeMysteryThriller
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
DirectorAlan Parker
ScreenplayChris Gerolmo
Original Music ComposerTrevor Jones
ProducerRobert F. Colesberry
ProducerFrederick Zollo
Cast & characters
Gene Hackman
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe
as Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand
as Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif
as Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey
as Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain
as Sheriff Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky
as Townley
Michael Rooker
as Frank Bailey
Pruitt Taylor Vince
as Lester Cowens
Badja Djola
as Agent Monk
Kevin Dunn
as Agent Bird
Frankie Faison
as Eulogist
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Thomas B. Mason
as Judge (as Tom Mason)
Geoffrey Nauffts
as Goatee
Rick Zieff
as Passenger
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Christopher White
as Black Passenger
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Gladys Greer
as Hattie
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Jake Gipson
as Mose
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Dianne Lancaster
as Waitress
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Stanley W. Collins
as Hollis
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Daniel Winford
as Fennis
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Marc Clement
as Floyd Swilley
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Larry Shuler
as Earl Cooke
Stephen Bridgewater
as Wesley Cooke
