---
title: 'Mississippi Burning (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan Parker'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 127
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mississippi-burning-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095647/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mississippi Burning (1988)

1988 · R · 127 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker and written by Chris Gerolmo that is loosely based on the 1964 investigation into the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Neshoba County, Mississippi. It stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents investigating the disappearance of three civil rights activists in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi, who are met with hostility by the town's residents, local police, and the Ku Klux Klan.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Robert F. Colesberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-f-colesberry), [Frederick M. Zollo](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-m-zollo)
- **Director:** [Alan Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-parker)
- **Screenplay:** [Chris Gerolmo](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-gerolmo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Trevor Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-jones)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Biziou](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-biziou)
- **Editor:** [Gerry Hambling](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-hambling)

## Cast

- [Rick Zieff](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-zieff) as Andrew Goodman
- [Brad Dourif](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-dourif) as Cecil Price
- [Frankie Faison](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-faison) as Eulogist
- [Pruitt Taylor Vince](https://cinepixo.com/people/pruitt-taylor-vince) as Jimmy Snowden
- [Stephen Tobolowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-tobolowsky) as Samuel Bowers
- [Tobin Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/tobin-bell) as FBI Agent Stokes
- [Robert Glaudini](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-glaudini) as FBI Agent Nash
- [Gene Hackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-hackman) as John Proctor
- [Robert F. Colesberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-f-colesberry) as Cameraman
- [R. Lee Ermey](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-lee-ermey) as Mayor Tilman
- [Michael Rooker](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rooker) as Alton Wayne Roberts
- [Park Overall](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-overall) as Connie
- [Christopher White](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-white) as James Chaney
- [Kevin Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-dunn) as FBI Agent Bird
- [Gailard Sartain](https://cinepixo.com/people/gailard-sartain) as Lawrence A. Rainey

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mississippi-burning-1988
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