Release date:Dec 8, 1988

Runtime:2h 8m

Videos about the movie "Mississippi Burning":

Talking To The Locals

The Agents Find The Missing Teen's Car

Agent Anderson Investigates The Barbershop

Official Trailer

Mississippi Burning

★ 7.6

Synopsis of "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."

Director:

Alan Parker

Genres:

DramaCrimeMysteryThriller

Language:

English

Cast of "Mississippi Burning":

Gene Hackman ... as Agent Rupert Anderson

Willem Dafoe ... as Agent Alan Ward

Frances McDormand ... as Mrs. Pell

Brad Dourif ... as Deputy Clinton Pell

R. Lee Ermey ... as Mayor Tilman

Gailard Sartain ... as Sheriff Stuckey

Stephen Tobolowsky ... as Townley

Michael Rooker ... as Frank Bailey

Pruitt Taylor Vince ... as Lester Cowens

Badja Djola ... as Agent Monk

Kevin Dunn ... as Agent Bird

Frankie Faison ... as Eulogist

Thomas B. Mason ... as Judge (as Tom Mason)

Geoffrey Nauffts ... as Goatee

Rick Zieff ... as Passenger

Christopher White ... as Black Passenger

Gladys Greer ... as Hattie

Jake Gipson ... as Mose

Dianne Lancaster ... as Waitress

Stanley W. Collins ... as Hollis

Daniel Winford ... as Fennis

Marc Clement ... as Floyd Swilley

Larry Shuler ... as Earl Cooke

Stephen Bridgewater ... as Wesley Cooke

Bob Penny ... as Curtis Foy

James F. Moore ... as Barber

Park Overall ... as Connie

Georgia F. Wise ... as Beauty Parlor Woman 1

Lois Allen ... as Beauty Parlor Woman 2

Barry Davis Jim, Sr. ... as Choctaw Man

Dan Desmond ... as Television Commentator (voice)

Darius McCrary ... as Aaron Williams

Lou Walker ... as Vertis Williams

Billie Jean Young ... as Mrs. Williams

Alisa R. Patrick ... as Church Soloist

Barbara Gibson ... as Church Soloist

Pat Funderburk ... as Pell Maid

Tobin Bell ... as Agent Stokes

Mark Jeffrey Miller ... as Fire Bomber

John P. Fertitta ... as T.V. Commentator

Charles Franzen ... as Interviewer & Reporter

Tonea Stewart ... as Mrs. Walker

Robert F. Colesberry ... as Cameraman

Frederick Zollo ... as Reporter

Ron De Roxtra ... as Reporter

Doug Jackson ... as Reporter

Gary Moody ... as Reporter

Robert Erickson ... as Reporter

Ed Geldart ... as Fire Bomber

Mert Hatfield ... as Fire Bomber

James Eric ... as Fire Bomber

Daniel Chapman ... as Agent MacMillan

Rick Washburn ... as Agent Brodsky

Robert Glaudini ... as Agent Nash

Ken Magee ... as Agent Reilly

Paul Henderson ... as Local #1 (uncredited)

Ralph Pruitt Vaughn ... as Peckerwood (uncredited)

Jesse Merle Speaks ... as Pecan Vendor

Simeon Teague ... as Obie Walker

Brenda Dunlap ... as Mrs. Cowens

E.A. Thrall ... as Agent Tubbs

Kenneth Magee ... as Agent Reilly

Crew:

Chris Gerolmo... (Screenplay)

Trevor Jones... (Original Music Composer)

Peter Biziou... (Director of Photography)

Aldric La'Auli Porter... (First Assistant Director)

Brenda Kalosh... (Second Assistant Director)

Mike Roberts... (Camera Operator)

Danny Michael... (Sound Recordist)

Judith Lyn Brown... (Production Coordinator)

Eamonn O'Keeffe... (First Assistant Camera)

Ron Stone... (Property Master)

Gretchen Rau... (Assistant Set Decoration)

David Brace... (Leadman)

James C. Feng... (Assistant Art Director)

Steve Arnold... (Assistant Art Director)

John Bromell... (Set Dresser)

Stewart 'Polar Bear' Shaw... (Set Dresser)

Anthony Starbuck... (Boom Operator)

Carol D. Bonnefil... (Second Second Assistant Director)

Glenn Cunningham... (First Assistant Editor)

Robert J. Litt... (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Elliot Tyson... (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Rick Kline... (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Barbara Harris... (ADR Voice Casting)

Bill Phillips... (Supervising Sound Editor)

Hal Sanders... (Sound Editor)

Bruce Lacey... (Sound Editor)

John Phillips... (Sound Editor)

David Grannis... (Assistant Sound Editor)

Les Percy... (Key Grip)

Mike Moad... (Dolly Grip)

Content rating:

R (United States) · 18 (United Kingdom) · U (France) · R (Canada) · 18 (Spain) · 16 (Germany)