Movie · 1988
Mississippi Burning
“1964. When America was at war with itself.”
Released 8 December 1988 128 min Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller More from 1988 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
FR·01
How old were they?
Thomas B. Mason
as Judge (as Tom Mason)
Gene Hackman
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Tobin Bell
as Agent Stokes
R. Lee Ermey
as Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain
as Sheriff Stuckey
Tonea Stewart
as Mrs. Walker
Badja Djola
as Agent Monk
Frankie Faison
as Eulogist
Brad Dourif
as Deputy Clinton Pell
Stephen Tobolowsky
as Townley
Daniel Chapman
as Agent MacMillan
Stephen Bridgewater
as Wesley Cooke
Willem Dafoe
as Agent Alan Ward
Michael Rooker
as Frank Bailey
Kevin Dunn
as Agent Bird
Frances McDormand
as Mrs. Pell
Park Overall
as Connie
Pruitt Taylor Vince
as Lester Cowens
Geoffrey Nauffts
as Goatee
Rick Zieff
as Passenger
Darius McCrary
as Aaron Williams
Ron De Roxtra
as Reporter
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The numbers
57years between the oldest and youngest billed
69Thomas B. Mason — oldest on the call sheet
12Darius McCrary — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast