Movie

Mississippi Burning

Released: December 8, 1988 (1988)

Runtime: 128 minutes

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Gene Hackman as Agent Rupert Anderson
Age at release: 58
R. Lee Ermey as Mayor Tilman
Age at release: 44
Gailard Sartain as Sheriff Stuckey
Age at release: 42
Badja Djola as Agent Monk
Age at release: 40
Brad Dourif as Deputy Clinton Pell
Age at release: 38
Stephen Tobolowsky as Townley
Age at release: 37
Willem Dafoe as Agent Alan Ward
Age at release: 33
Michael Rooker as Frank Bailey
Age at release: 33
Frances McDormand as Mrs. Pell
Age at release: 31
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Lester Cowens
Age at release: 28

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Thomas B. Mason as Judge (as Tom Mason)
Age at release: 69
Bob Penny as Curtis Foy
Age at release: 53
Frankie Faison as Eulogist
Age at release: 39
Marc Clement as Floyd Swilley
Age at release: 38
Stephen Bridgewater as Wesley Cooke
Age at release: 35
Kevin Dunn as Agent Bird
Age at release: 32
Park Overall as Connie
Age at release: 31
Geoffrey Nauffts as Goatee
Age at release: 27
Rick Zieff as Passenger
Age at release: 27
Christopher White as Black Passenger
Age at release: Unknown
Gladys Greer as Hattie
Age at release: Unknown
Jake Gipson as Mose
Age at release: Unknown
Dianne Lancaster as Waitress
Age at release: Unknown
Stanley W. Collins as Hollis
Age at release: Unknown
Daniel Winford as Fennis
Age at release: Unknown
Larry Shuler as Earl Cooke
Age at release: Unknown
James F. Moore as Barber
Age at release: Unknown
Georgia F. Wise as Beauty Parlor Woman 1
Age at release: Unknown
Lois Allen as Beauty Parlor Woman 2
Age at release: Unknown
Barry Davis Jim, Sr. as Choctaw Man
Age at release: Unknown