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Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning1988

★7.7128 minDramaCrimeMystery

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Gene Hackman Willem Dafoe Frances McDormand

Cast63

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
T
Thomas B. Mason
as Judge (as Tom Mason)
Geoffrey Nauffts
as Goatee
Rick Zieff
as Passenger
C
Christopher White
as Black Passenger
G
Gladys Greer
as Hattie
J
Jake Gipson
as Mose
D
Dianne Lancaster
as Waitress
S
Stanley W. Collins
as Hollis
D
Daniel Winford
as Fennis
M
Marc Clement
as Floyd Swilley
L
Larry Shuler
as Earl Cooke
Stephen Bridgewater
as Wesley Cooke
Bob Penny
as Curtis Foy
J
James F. Moore
as Barber
Park Overall
as Connie
G
Georgia F. Wise
as Beauty Parlor Woman 1
L
Lois Allen
as Beauty Parlor Woman 2
B
Barry Davis Jim, Sr.
as Choctaw Man
D
Dan Desmond
as Television Commentator (voice)
Darius McCrary
as Aaron Williams
Lou Walker
as Vertis Williams
B
Billie Jean Young
as Mrs. Williams
A
Alisa R. Patrick
as Church Soloist
B
Barbara Gibson
as Church Soloist
P
Pat Funderburk
as Pell Maid
Tobin Bell
as Agent Stokes
Mark Jeffrey Miller
as Fire Bomber
J
John P. Fertitta
as T.V. Commentator
C
Charles Franzen
as Interviewer & Reporter
Tonea Stewart
as Mrs. Walker
Robert F. Colesberry
as Cameraman
Frederick Zollo
as Reporter
R
Ron De Roxtra
as Reporter
Doug Jackson
as Reporter
G
Gary Moody
as Reporter
R
Robert Erickson
as Reporter
Ed Geldart
as Fire Bomber
M
Mert Hatfield
as Fire Bomber
J
James Eric
as Fire Bomber
Daniel Chapman
as Agent MacMillan
Rick Washburn
as Agent Brodsky
Robert Glaudini
as Agent Nash
Ken Magee
as Agent Reilly
Paul Henderson
as Local #1 (uncredited)
R
Ralph Pruitt Vaughn
as Peckerwood (uncredited)
J
Jesse Merle Speaks
as Pecan Vendor
S
Simeon Teague
as Obie Walker
B
Brenda Dunlap
as Mrs. Cowens
E
E.A. Thrall
as Agent Tubbs
K
Kenneth Magee
as Agent Reilly
Z
Zeke Davidson
as Lawyer

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