Mississippi Burning(1988)
movie - first aired/released 1988-12-08 - 128 min - audience 7.7
Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Alan Parker
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 HackmanAgent Rupert Anderson
Willem DafoeAgent Alan Ward
Frances McDormandMrs. Pell
Brad DourifDeputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee ErmeyMayor Tilman
Gailard SartainSheriff Stuckey
Stephen TobolowskyTownley
Michael RookerFrank Bailey
Pruitt Taylor VinceLester Cowens
Badja DjolaAgent Monk
Kevin DunnAgent Bird
Frankie FaisonEulogist- Thomas B. MasonJudge (as Tom Mason)
Geoffrey NaufftsGoatee
Rick ZieffPassenger- Christopher WhiteBlack Passenger
- Gladys GreerHattie
- Jake GipsonMose
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- Dianne LancasterWaitress
- Stanley W. CollinsHollis
- Daniel WinfordFennis
- Marc ClementFloyd Swilley
- Larry ShulerEarl Cooke
Stephen BridgewaterWesley Cooke
Bob PennyCurtis Foy- James F. MooreBarber
Park OverallConnie- Georgia F. WiseBeauty Parlor Woman 1
- Lois AllenBeauty Parlor Woman 2
- Barry Davis Jim, Sr.Choctaw Man
- Dan DesmondTelevision Commentator (voice)
Darius McCraryAaron Williams
Lou WalkerVertis Williams- Billie Jean YoungMrs. Williams
- Alisa R. PatrickChurch Soloist
- Barbara GibsonChurch Soloist
- Pat FunderburkPell Maid
Tobin BellAgent Stokes
Mark Jeffrey MillerFire Bomber- John P. FertittaT.V. Commentator
- Charles FranzenInterviewer & Reporter
Tonea StewartMrs. Walker
Robert F. ColesberryCameraman
Frederick ZolloReporter- Ron De RoxtraReporter
Doug JacksonReporter- Gary MoodyReporter
- Robert EricksonReporter
Ed GeldartFire Bomber- Mert HatfieldFire Bomber
- James EricFire Bomber
Daniel ChapmanAgent MacMillan
Rick WashburnAgent Brodsky
Robert GlaudiniAgent Nash
Ken MageeAgent Reilly
Paul HendersonLocal #1 (uncredited)- Ralph Pruitt VaughnPeckerwood (uncredited)
- Jesse Merle SpeaksPecan Vendor
- Simeon TeagueObie Walker
- Brenda DunlapMrs. Cowens
- E.A. ThrallAgent Tubbs
- Kenneth MageeAgent Reilly
- Zeke DavidsonLawyer
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