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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.

Release Date: 1988-12-08

Original Language: en

Genres: Unknown Genre

Rating:

Popularity:

20.824

Cast Members

Gene Hackman

Agent Rupert Anderson

Willem Dafoe

Agent Alan Ward

Brad Dourif

Deputy Clinton Pell

R. Lee Ermey

Mayor Tilman

Gailard Sartain

Sheriff Stuckey

Michael Rooker

Frank Bailey

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Lester Cowens

Badja Djola

Agent Monk

Kevin Dunn

Agent Bird

Thomas B. Mason

Judge (as Tom Mason)

Rick Zieff

Passenger

Christopher White

Black Passenger

Marc Clement

Floyd Swilley

Larry Shuler

Earl Cooke

Bob Penny

Curtis Foy

Georgia F. Wise

Beauty Parlor Woman 1

Lois Allen

Beauty Parlor Woman 2

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

Tobin Bell

Agent Stokes

John P. Fertitta

T.V. Commentator

Charles Franzen

Interviewer & Reporter

Tonea Stewart

Mrs. Walker

Gary Moody

Reporter

Ed Geldart

Fire Bomber

Mert Hatfield

Fire Bomber

James Eric

Fire Bomber

Daniel Chapman

Agent MacMillan

Rick Washburn

Agent Brodsky

Ken Magee

Agent Reilly

Paul Henderson

Local #1 (uncredited)

Ralph Pruitt Vaughn

Peckerwood (uncredited)

Simeon Teague

Obie Walker

Brenda Dunlap

Mrs. Cowens

E.A. Thrall

Agent Tubbs

Kenneth Magee

Agent Reilly