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DramaCrime

Mississippi Burning

- 1964. When America was at war with itself.

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.

Release Date : 1988-12-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Orion Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Gene Hackman

Character Name : Agent Rupert Anderson

Original Name : Gene Hackman

Gender : Male

Willem Dafoe

Character Name : Agent Alan Ward

Original Name : Willem Dafoe

Gender : Male

Frances McDormand

Character Name : Mrs. Pell

Original Name : Frances McDormand

Gender : Female

Brad Dourif

Character Name : Deputy Clinton Pell

Original Name : Brad Dourif

Gender : Male

R. Lee Ermey

Character Name : Mayor Tilman

Original Name : R. Lee Ermey

Gender : Male

Gailard Sartain

Character Name : Sheriff Stuckey

Original Name : Gailard Sartain

Gender : Male

Stephen Tobolowsky

Character Name : Townley

Original Name : Stephen Tobolowsky

Gender : Male

Michael Rooker

Character Name : Frank Bailey

Original Name : Michael Rooker

Gender : Male

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Character Name : Lester Cowens

Original Name : Pruitt Taylor Vince

Gender : Male

Badja Djola

Character Name : Agent Monk

Original Name : Badja Djola

Gender : Male

Kevin Dunn

Character Name : Agent Bird

Original Name : Kevin Dunn

Gender : Male

Frankie Faison

Character Name : Eulogist

Original Name : Frankie Faison

Gender : Male

Thomas B. Mason

Character Name : Judge (as Tom Mason)

Original Name : Thomas B. Mason

Gender : Male

Geoffrey Nauffts

Character Name : Goatee

Original Name : Geoffrey Nauffts

Gender : Male

Rick Zieff

Character Name : Passenger

Original Name : Rick Zieff

Gender : Male

Christopher White

Character Name : Black Passenger

Original Name : Christopher White

Gender : Male

Gladys Greer

Character Name : Hattie

Original Name : Gladys Greer

Gender : Male

Jake Gipson

Character Name : Mose

Original Name : Jake Gipson

Gender : Male

Dianne Lancaster

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Dianne Lancaster

Gender : Male

Stanley W. Collins

Character Name : Hollis

Original Name : Stanley W. Collins

Gender : Male

Daniel Winford

Character Name : Fennis

Original Name : Daniel Winford

Gender : Male

Marc Clement

Character Name : Floyd Swilley

Original Name : Marc Clement

Gender : Male

Larry Shuler

Character Name : Earl Cooke

Original Name : Larry Shuler

Gender : Male

Stephen Bridgewater

Character Name : Wesley Cooke

Original Name : Stephen Bridgewater

Gender : Male

Bob Penny

Character Name : Curtis Foy

Original Name : Bob Penny

Gender : Male

James F. Moore

Character Name : Barber

Original Name : James F. Moore

Gender : Male

Park Overall

Character Name : Connie

Original Name : Park Overall

Gender : Female

Georgia F. Wise

Character Name : Beauty Parlor Woman 1

Original Name : Georgia F. Wise

Gender : Male

Lois Allen

Character Name : Beauty Parlor Woman 2

Original Name : Lois Allen

Gender : Male

Barry Davis Jim, Sr.

Character Name : Choctaw Man

Original Name : Barry Davis Jim, Sr.

Gender : Male

Dan Desmond

Character Name : Television Commentator (voice)

Original Name : Dan Desmond

Gender : Male

Darius McCrary

Character Name : Aaron Williams

Original Name : Darius McCrary

Gender : Male

Lou Walker

Character Name : Vertis Williams

Original Name : Lou Walker

Gender : Male

Billie Jean Young

Character Name : Mrs. Williams

Original Name : Billie Jean Young

Gender : Male

Alisa R. Patrick

Character Name : Church Soloist

Original Name : Alisa R. Patrick

Gender : Male

Barbara Gibson

Character Name : Church Soloist

Original Name : Barbara Gibson

Gender : Male

Pat Funderburk

Character Name : Pell Maid

Original Name : Pat Funderburk

Gender : Male

Tobin Bell

Character Name : Agent Stokes

Original Name : Tobin Bell

Gender : Male

Mark Jeffrey Miller

Character Name : Fire Bomber

Original Name : Mark Jeffrey Miller

Gender : Male

John P. Fertitta

Character Name : T.V. Commentator

Original Name : John P. Fertitta

Gender : Male

Charles Franzen

Character Name : Interviewer & Reporter

Original Name : Charles Franzen

Gender : Male

Tonea Stewart

Character Name : Mrs. Walker

Original Name : Tonea Stewart

Gender : Female

Robert F. Colesberry

Character Name : Cameraman

Original Name : Robert F. Colesberry

Gender : Male

Frederick Zollo

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Frederick Zollo

Gender : Male

Ron De Roxtra

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Ron De Roxtra

Gender : Male

Doug Jackson

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Doug Jackson

Gender : Male

Gary Moody

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Gary Moody

Gender : Male

Robert Erickson

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Robert Erickson

Gender : Male

Ed Geldart

Character Name : Fire Bomber

Original Name : Ed Geldart

Gender : Male

Mert Hatfield

Character Name : Fire Bomber

Original Name : Mert Hatfield

Gender : Male

James Eric

Character Name : Fire Bomber

Original Name : James Eric

Gender : Male

Daniel Chapman

Character Name : Agent MacMillan

Original Name : Daniel Chapman

Gender : Male

Rick Washburn

Character Name : Agent Brodsky

Original Name : Rick Washburn

Gender : Male

Robert Glaudini

Character Name : Agent Nash

Original Name : Robert Glaudini

Gender : Male

Ken Magee

Character Name : Agent Reilly

Original Name : Ken Magee

Gender : Male

Paul Henderson

Character Name : Local #1 (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Henderson

Gender : Male

Ralph Pruitt Vaughn

Character Name : Peckerwood (uncredited)

Original Name : Ralph Pruitt Vaughn

Gender : Male

Jesse Merle Speaks

Character Name : Pecan Vendor

Original Name : Jesse Merle Speaks

Gender : Male

Simeon Teague

Character Name : Obie Walker

Original Name : Simeon Teague

Gender : Male

Brenda Dunlap

Character Name : Mrs. Cowens

Original Name : Brenda Dunlap

Gender : Male

E.A. Thrall

Character Name : Agent Tubbs

Original Name : E.A. Thrall

Gender : Male

Kenneth Magee

Character Name : Agent Reilly

Original Name : Kenneth Magee

Gender : Male

Reviews

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kevin2019

@kevin2019

2024-04-19

"Mississippi Burning" has both insight and intelligence and it is an incredibly uncompromising scrutinization of how racism blighted American society and it is frightening to think the residents of Jessop in Mississippi possess minds much smaller than their town. This film also prompts you to seriously examine your own conscience in relation to the matter of the race issue, but how many people will actually be enthusiastically prepared to carry out such a thing? And how many of us will be shocked to discover something of Mayor Tilman in ourselves: we know all about what is going on and yet we choose to do nothing about it? That is the real lasting power of this superb film and that is why it will continue to have great longevity and deservedly so.

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-28

When three men go missing from their small-town Mississippi home, the FBI sends a team to investigate. "Anderson" (Gene Hackman) is very much the more hands-on of the pair leading the team, with "Ward" (Willem Dafoe) more inclined to play by the book. Their arrival exposes them to an open culture of racial hatred that's not only tolerated by the local sheriff "Stuckey" (Gailard Sartain) but enthusiastically supported by his deputy "Pell" (Brad Dourif). Their arrival only seems to empower the bigots as more Negro property is trashed or razed to the ground and the people themselves subjected to increasingly dangerous violence. The audience watching this know the local dynamic and who is pulling the strings, so the thrust of this rather potent look at the ghastliness going on here comes as we follow the differing styles of policing these men use to get to the bottom of things - and in a way that will make the equally complicit judicial system sit up and take note. With a media carnival only fanning the flames and tempers flying on both sides, the agents put into place a complex sting operation to turn the weapons of these intimidators into the very things that will hopefully entrap them. Hackman and Dafoe make for a formidable coupling in this well written and presented thriller that shines an unashamed light on the toxic attitudes of the white population whose concern for the missing men amounted to little more than "they got whet they deserved". Dourif is also on good form as his truly odious character emerges - not just against his black neighbours, but against his own wife (Frances McDormand) too. Alan Parker and Chris Gerolmo have created a palpably criminal scenario here and the ensemble deliver well that sense of fear, loathing and superiority. The photography captures well this increasingly menacing, dark and swamp-infested environment and by the denouement I did feel that this was all a perfectly plausible train of events in the mid-1960s USA.