Mississippi Burning
December 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 and crew
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Alan Parker
Director
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky
Townley
Michael Rooker
Frank Bailey
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Lester Cowens
Badja Djola
Agent Monk
Kevin Dunn
Agent Bird
Frankie Faison
Eulogist
TBM
Thomas B. Mason
Judge (as Tom Mason)
Geoffrey Nauffts
Goatee
Rick Zieff
Passenger
CW
Christopher White
Black Passenger
GG
Gladys Greer
Hattie
JG
Jake Gipson
Mose
DL
Dianne Lancaster
Waitress
SWC
Stanley W. Collins
Hollis
DW
Daniel Winford
Fennis
Marc Clement
Floyd Swilley
LS
Larry Shuler
Earl Cooke
Stephen Bridgewater
Wesley Cooke
Bob Penny
Curtis Foy
JFM
James F. Moore
Barber
Park Overall
Connie
GFW
Georgia F. Wise
Beauty Parlor Woman 1
LA
Lois Allen
Beauty Parlor Woman 2
BDJS
Barry Davis Jim, Sr.
Choctaw Man
DD
Dan Desmond
Television Commentator (voice)
Darius McCrary
Aaron Williams
Lou Walker
Vertis Williams
BJY
Billie Jean Young
Mrs. Williams
ARP
Alisa R. Patrick
Church Soloist
BG
Barbara Gibson
Church Soloist
PF
Pat Funderburk
Pell Maid
Tobin Bell
Agent Stokes
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Fire Bomber
JPF
John P. Fertitta
T.V. Commentator
CF
Charles Franzen
Interviewer & Reporter
Tonea Stewart
Mrs. Walker
Robert F. Colesberry
Cameraman
FZ
Frederick Zollo
Reporter
RDR
Ron De Roxtra
Reporter
Doug Jackson
Reporter
GM
Gary Moody
Reporter
RE
Robert Erickson
Reporter
EG
Ed Geldart
Fire Bomber
MH
Mert Hatfield
Fire Bomber
JE
James Eric
Fire Bomber
Daniel Chapman
Agent MacMillan
Rick Washburn
Agent Brodsky
Robert Glaudini
Agent Nash
Ken Magee
Agent Reilly
Paul Henderson
Local #1 (uncredited)
RPV
Ralph Pruitt Vaughn
Peckerwood (uncredited)
JMS
Jesse Merle Speaks
Pecan Vendor
ST
Simeon Teague
Obie Walker
BD
Brenda Dunlap
Mrs. Cowens
ET
E.A. Thrall
Agent Tubbs
KM
Kenneth Magee
Agent Reilly