Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

12/20/1996 2h 10m

A forgotten crime. An impossible case. A final chance... for justice.

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Overview

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

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Cast Ages at Release

Alec Baldwin

as Bobby DeLaughter

Born 04/03/1958, age

Whoopi Goldberg

as Myrlie Evers

Born 11/13/1955, age

James Woods

as Byron De La Beckwith

Born 04/18/1947, age

Craig T. Nelson

as Ed Peters

Born 04/04/1944, age

Susanna Thompson

as Peggy Lloyd

Born 01/27/1958, age

Lucas Black

as Burt DeLaughter

Born 11/29/1982, age

Alexa PenaVega

as Claire DeLaughter

Born 08/27/1988, age

William H. Macy

as Charlie Crisco

Born 03/13/1950, age

Jerry Levine

as Jerry Mitchell

Born 03/12/1957, age

Margo Martindale

as Clara Mayfield

Born 07/18/1951, age

Michael O'Keefe

as Merrida Coxwell

Born 04/24/1955, age

Bill Smitrovich

as Jim Kitchens

Born 05/16/1947, age

Terry O'Quinn

as Judge Hilburn

Born 07/15/1952, age

Rex Linn

as Martin Scott

Born 11/13/1956, age

James Pickens Jr.

as Medgar Evers

Born 10/26/1954, age

Virginia Madsen

as Dixie DeLaughter

Born 09/11/1961, age

Richard Riehle

as Tommy Mayfield

Born 05/12/1948, age

Bonnie Bartlett

as Billie DeLaughter

Born 06/20/1929, age

Brock Peters

as Walter Williams

Born 07/02/1927

Died 08/23/2005, age

Finn Carter

as Cynthia Speetgens

Born 03/09/1960, age

Diane Ladd

as Grandma Caroline Moore

Born 11/29/1932, age

Andy Romano

as Hardy Lott

Born 06/15/1941

Died 09/14/2022, age

Bill Cobbs

as Charlie Evers

Born 06/16/1934, age

Jerry Hardin

as Grandpa Barney DeLaughter

Born 11/20/1929, age

Ramon Bieri

as James Holley

Born 06/16/1929

Died 05/27/2001, age

Thomas Kopache

as Thorn McIntyre

Born 10/17/1945, age