Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

128 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery, History | Dec. 8, 1988

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.

Mississippi Burning

128 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery, History | Dec. 8, 1988

Mississippi Burning
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Orion Pictures
Original title Mississippi Burning
Directors Carol D. Bonnefil, Brenda Kalosh, Robin Squibb, Alan Parker, Aldric La'Auli Porter
Writers Chris Gerolmo

Cast

Gene Hackman

as Anderson

Willem Dafoe

as Ward

Frances McDormand

as Mrs. Pell

Brad Dourif

as Deputy 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

Thomas B. Mason

as Judge (as Tom Mason)

Geoffrey Nauffts

as Goatee

Rick Zieff

as Passenger

Christopher White

as Black Passenger

Gladys Greer

as Hattie

Jake Gipson

as Mose

Dianne Lancaster

as Waitress

Stanley W. Collins

as Hollis

Daniel Winford

as Fennis

Marc Clement

as Floyd Swilley

Larry Shuler

as Earl Cooke

Stephen Bridgewater

as Wesley Cooke

Bob Penny

as Curtis Foy

James F. Moore

as Barber

Park Overall

as Connie

Georgia F. Wise

as Beauty Parlor Woman 1

Lois Allen

as Beauty Parlor Woman 2

Barry Davis Jim, Sr.

as Choctaw Man

Dan Desmond

as Television Commentator (voice)

Darius McCrary

as Aaron Williams

Lou Walker

as Vertis Williams

Billie Jean Young

as Mrs. Williams

Alisa R. Patrick

as Church Soloist

Barbara Gibson

as Church Soloist

Pat Funderburk

as Pell Maid

Tobin Bell

as Agent Stokes

Mark Jeffrey Miller

as Fire Bomber

John P. Fertitta

as T.V. Commentator

Charles Franzen

as Interviewer & Reporter

Tonea Stewart

as Mrs. Walker

Robert F. Colesberry

as Cameraman

Frederick Zollo

as Reporter

Ron De Roxtra

as Reporter

Doug Jackson

as Reporter

Gary Moody

as Reporter

Robert Erickson

as Reporter

Ed Geldart

as Fire Bomber

Mert Hatfield

as Fire Bomber

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)

Ralph Pruitt Vaughn

as Peckerwood (uncredited)

Jesse Merle Speaks

as Pecan Vendor

Simeon Teague

as Obie Walker

Brenda Dunlap

as Mrs. Cowens

E.A. Thrall

as Agent Tubbs

Kenneth Magee

as Agent Reilly