
Mississippi Burning
1964. When America was at war with itself.
1988 en 128 minutes
Rating: 7.7
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.
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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