Mississippi Burning
1964. When America was at war with itself.
1988 en 128 minutes
Rating: 7.67
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky
Townley
Michael Rooker
Frank Bailey
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Lester Cowens
Badja Djola
Agent Monk
Kevin Dunn
Agent Bird
Frankie Faison
Eulogist
Thomas B. Mason
Judge (as Tom Mason)
Geoffrey Nauffts
Goatee
Rick Zieff
Passenger
Christopher White
Black Passenger
Gladys Greer
Hattie
Jake Gipson
Mose
Dianne Lancaster
Waitress
Stanley W. Collins
Hollis
Daniel Winford
Fennis
Marc Clement
Floyd Swilley
Larry Shuler
Earl Cooke
Stephen Bridgewater
Wesley Cooke
Bob Penny
Curtis Foy
James F. Moore
Barber
Park Overall
Connie
Georgia F. Wise
Beauty Parlor Woman 1
Lois Allen
Beauty Parlor Woman 2
Barry Davis Jim, Sr.
Choctaw Man
Dan Desmond
Television Commentator (voice)
Darius McCrary
Aaron Williams
Lou Walker
Vertis Williams
Billie Jean Young
Mrs. Williams
Alisa R. Patrick
Church Soloist
Barbara Gibson
Church Soloist
Pat Funderburk
Pell Maid
Tobin Bell
Agent Stokes
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Fire Bomber
John P. Fertitta
T.V. Commentator
Charles Franzen
Interviewer & Reporter
Tonea Stewart
Mrs. Walker
Robert F. Colesberry
Cameraman
Frederick Zollo
Reporter
Ron De Roxtra
Reporter
Doug Jackson
Reporter
Gary Moody
Reporter
Robert Erickson
Reporter
Ed Geldart
Fire Bomber
Mert Hatfield
Fire Bomber
James Eric
Fire Bomber
Daniel Chapman
Agent MacMillan
Rick Washburn
Agent Brodsky
Robert Glaudini
Agent Nash
Ken Magee
Agent Reilly
Paul Henderson
Local #1 (uncredited)
Ralph Pruitt Vaughn
Peckerwood (uncredited)
Jesse Merle Speaks
Pecan Vendor
Simeon Teague
Obie Walker
Brenda Dunlap
Mrs. Cowens
E.A. Thrall
Agent Tubbs
Kenneth Magee
Agent Reilly
