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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.

1988 |2h 8m |  Drama, Crime

Videos

Cast

cast

Gene Hackman

Anderson

cast

Willem Dafoe

Ward

cast

Frances McDormand

Mrs. Pell

cast

Brad Dourif

Deputy Pell

cast

R. Lee Ermey

Mayor Tilman

cast

Gailard Sartain

Sheriff Stuckey

cast

Stephen Tobolowsky

Townley

cast

Michael Rooker

Frank Bailey

cast

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Lester Cowens

cast

Badja Djola

Agent Monk

cast

Kevin Dunn

Agent Bird

cast

Frankie Faison

Eulogist

cast

Geoffrey Nauffts

Goatee

cast

Rick Zieff

Passenger

cast

Marc Clement

Floyd Swilley

cast

Stephen Bridgewater

Wesley Cooke

cast

Bob Penny

Curtis Foy

cast

Park Overall

Connie

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Dan Desmond

Television Commentator (voice)

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Darius McCrary

Aaron Williams

cast

Lou Walker

Vertis Williams

cast

Tobin Bell

Agent Stokes

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Mark Jeffrey Miller

Fire Bomber

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Tonea Stewart

Mrs. Walker

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Ed Geldart

Fire Bomber

cast

Daniel Chapman

Agent MacMillan

cast

Rick Washburn

Agent Brodsky

cast

Ken Magee

Agent Reilly

cast

Paul Henderson

Local #1 (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$15,000,000.00

Revenue

$34,604,000.00