Mississippi Burning (1988)

12/08/1988 2h 8m

1964. When America was at war with itself.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Gene Hackman

as Agent Rupert Anderson

Born 01/30/1930, age

Willem Dafoe

as Agent Alan Ward

Born 07/22/1955, age

Frances McDormand

as Mrs. Pell

Born 06/23/1957, age

Brad Dourif

as Deputy Clinton Pell

Born 03/18/1950, age

R. Lee Ermey

as Mayor Tilman

Born 03/24/1944

Died 04/15/2018, age

Gailard Sartain

as Sheriff Stuckey

Born 09/18/1946, age

Stephen Tobolowsky

as Townley

Born 05/30/1951, age

Michael Rooker

as Frank Bailey

Born 04/06/1955, age

Pruitt Taylor Vince

as Lester Cowens

Born 07/05/1960, age

Kevin Dunn

as Agent Bird

Born 08/24/1956, age

Frankie Faison

as Eulogist

Born 06/10/1949, age

Park Overall

as Connie

Born 03/15/1957, age

Tobin Bell

as Agent Stokes

Born 08/07/1942, age