Mississippi Burning
Alan Parker1988-12-08
1964. When America was at war with itself.
7.67
128 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Gene Hackman | Agent Rupert Anderson | Unowned |
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Willem Dafoe | Agent Alan Ward | Goutbreak |
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Frances McDormand | Mrs. Pell | Goutbreak |
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Brad Dourif | Deputy Clinton Pell | Unowned |
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R. Lee Ermey | Mayor Tilman | Unowned |
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Gailard Sartain | Sheriff Stuckey | Unowned |
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Stephen Tobolowsky | Townley | Goutbreak |
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Michael Rooker | Frank Bailey | Goutbreak |
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Pruitt Taylor Vince | Lester Cowens | Unowned |
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Badja Djola | Agent Monk | Unowned |
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Kevin Dunn | Agent Bird | Unowned |
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Frankie Faison | Eulogist | Unowned |
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Thomas B. Mason | Judge (as Tom Mason) | Unowned |
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Geoffrey Nauffts | Goatee | Unowned |
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Rick Zieff | Passenger | Unowned |
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Christopher White | Black Passenger | Unowned |
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Gladys Greer | Hattie | Unowned |
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Jake Gipson | Mose | Unowned |
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Dianne Lancaster | Waitress | Unowned |
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Stanley W. Collins | Hollis | Unowned |
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Daniel Winford | Fennis | Unowned |
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Marc Clement | Floyd Swilley | Unowned |
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Larry Shuler | Earl Cooke | Unowned |
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Stephen Bridgewater | Wesley Cooke | Unowned |
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Bob Penny | Curtis Foy | Unowned |
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James F. Moore | Barber | Unowned |
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Park Overall | Connie | Unowned |
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Georgia F. Wise | Beauty Parlor Woman 1 | Unowned |
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Lois Allen | Beauty Parlor Woman 2 | Unowned |
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Barry Davis Jim, Sr. | Choctaw Man | Unowned |
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Dan Desmond | Television Commentator (voice) | Unowned |
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Darius McCrary | Aaron Williams | Unowned |
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Lou Walker | Vertis Williams | Unowned |
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Billie Jean Young | Mrs. Williams | Unowned |
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Alisa R. Patrick | Church Soloist | Unowned |
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Barbara Gibson | Church Soloist | Unowned |
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Pat Funderburk | Pell Maid | Unowned |
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Tobin Bell | Agent Stokes | Unowned |
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Mark Jeffrey Miller | Fire Bomber | Unowned |
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John P. Fertitta | T.V. Commentator | Unowned |
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Charles Franzen | Interviewer & Reporter | Unowned |
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Tonea Stewart | Mrs. Walker | Unowned |
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Robert F. Colesberry | Cameraman | Unowned |
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Frederick Zollo | Reporter | Unowned |
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Ron De Roxtra | Reporter | Unowned |
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Doug Jackson | Reporter | Unowned |
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Gary Moody | Reporter | Unowned |
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Robert Erickson | Reporter | Unowned |
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Ed Geldart | Fire Bomber | Unowned |
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Mert Hatfield | Fire Bomber | Unowned |
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James Eric | Fire Bomber | Unowned |
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Daniel Chapman | Agent MacMillan | Unowned |
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Rick Washburn | Agent Brodsky | Unowned |
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Robert Glaudini | Agent Nash | Unowned |
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Ken Magee | Agent Reilly | Unowned |
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Paul Henderson | Local #1 (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ralph Pruitt Vaughn | Peckerwood (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jesse Merle Speaks | Pecan Vendor | Unowned |
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Simeon Teague | Obie Walker | Unowned |
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Brenda Dunlap | Mrs. Cowens | Unowned |
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E.A. Thrall | Agent Tubbs | Unowned |
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Kenneth Magee | Agent Reilly | Unowned |