Mississippi Burning

7.666

128 minutes

12/8/1988

Overview

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.

Cast List

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
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