Mississippi Burning
“1964. When America was at war with itself.”
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.
Genres
Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Studio
Orion Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Mississippi Burning performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$34.6M
Gross Profit
$19.6M
Return
2.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Agent Rupert Anderson
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Agent Alan Ward
Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward
Mrs. Pell
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell
Deputy Clinton Pell
Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell
Mayor Tilman
R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman
Sheriff Stuckey
Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Stuckey
Townley
Stephen Tobolowsky
Townley
Frank Bailey
Michael Rooker
Frank Bailey
Lester Cowens
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Lester Cowens
Agent Monk
Badja Djola
Agent Monk
Agent Bird
Kevin Dunn
Agent Bird
Eulogist
Frankie Faison
Eulogist
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