Mississippi Burning

Cast

  • Gene Hackman as FBI Agent Rupert Anderson (based on John Proctor)
  • Willem Dafoe as FBI Agent Alan Ward (based on Joseph Sullivan)
  • Frances McDormand as Mrs. Pell (based on Conner Price)
  • Brad Dourif as Deputy Sheriff Clinton Pell (based on Cecil Price)
  • R. Lee Ermey as Mayor Tilman (based on Abner Davis “Ab” Harbour)
  • Gailard Sartain as Ray Stuckey, Sheriff of Jessup County (based on Lawrence A. Rainey)
  • Stephen Tobolowsky as Clayton Townley (based on Samuel Bowers)
  • Michael Rooker as Frank Bailey (based on Alton Wayne Roberts)
  • Pruitt Taylor Vince as Lester Cowens (based on Jimmy Snowden)
  • Stephen Bridgewater as Wesley Cooke
  • Badja Djola as FBI Agent Monk
  • Kevin Dunn as FBI Agent Bird
  • Frankie Faison as Eulogist
  • Tobin Bell as FBI Agent Stokes

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