Mississippi Burning  

Thu Dec 08 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.

The Movie Database: 7.675/10

Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%

Metacritic: 65/100

Cast and Crew

Directed By, Alan Parker |

Screenplay By, Chris Gerolmo |

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Gene Hackman

Agent Rupert Anderson
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Willem Dafoe

Agent Alan Ward
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Frances McDormand

Mrs. Pell
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Brad Dourif

Deputy Clinton Pell
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R. Lee Ermey

Mayor Tilman
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Gailard Sartain

Sheriff Stuckey
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Stephen Tobolowsky

Townley
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Michael Rooker

Frank Bailey
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Pruitt Taylor Vince

Lester Cowens
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Badja Djola

Agent Monk
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Kevin Dunn

Agent Bird
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Frankie Faison

Eulogist
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Thomas B. Mason

Judge (as Tom Mason)
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Geoffrey Nauffts

Goatee
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Rick Zieff

Passenger
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Christopher White

Black Passenger
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Gladys Greer

Hattie
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Jake Gipson

Mose
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Dianne Lancaster

Waitress
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Stanley W. Collins

Hollis
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Daniel Winford

Fennis
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Marc Clement

Floyd Swilley
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Larry Shuler

Earl Cooke
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Stephen Bridgewater

Wesley Cooke
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Bob Penny

Curtis Foy
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James F. Moore

Barber
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Park Overall

Connie
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Georgia F. Wise

Beauty Parlor Woman 1
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Lois Allen

Beauty Parlor Woman 2
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Barry Davis Jim, Sr.

Choctaw Man
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Dan Desmond

Television Commentator (voice)
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Darius McCrary

Aaron Williams
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Lou Walker

Vertis Williams
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Billie Jean Young

Mrs. Williams
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Alisa R. Patrick

Church Soloist
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Barbara Gibson

Church Soloist
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Pat Funderburk

Pell Maid
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Tobin Bell

Agent Stokes
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Mark Jeffrey Miller

Fire Bomber
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John P. Fertitta

T.V. Commentator
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Charles Franzen

Interviewer & Reporter
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Tonea Stewart

Mrs. Walker
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Robert F. Colesberry

Cameraman
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Frederick Zollo

Reporter
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Ron De Roxtra

Reporter
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Doug Jackson

Reporter
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Gary Moody

Reporter
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Robert Erickson

Reporter
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Ed Geldart

Fire Bomber
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Mert Hatfield

Fire Bomber
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James Eric

Fire Bomber
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Daniel Chapman

Agent MacMillan
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Rick Washburn

Agent Brodsky
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Robert Glaudini

Agent Nash
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Ken Magee

Agent Reilly
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Paul Henderson

Local #1 (uncredited)
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Ralph Pruitt Vaughn

Peckerwood (uncredited)
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Jesse Merle Speaks

Pecan Vendor
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Simeon Teague

Obie Walker
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Brenda Dunlap

Mrs. Cowens
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E.A. Thrall

Agent Tubbs
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Kenneth Magee

Agent Reilly
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Details

Rating

Not Adult

Genres

Drama
Crime
Mystery
Thriller

Tagline

1964. When America was at war with itself.

Langauge

en

Production Companies

Orion Pictures
Frederick Zollo Productions

Runtime

128 minutes

Budget

15.000 Million $

Box-Office

34.604 Million $

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