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Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning
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1988
 128 minutes (2 hrs 08 mins)

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Alan Parker

Starring

Gene Hackman · Willem Dafoe · Frances McDormand · Brad Dourif · R. Lee Ermey · Gailard Sartain

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 27th January 1989
Canada release date Canada release: 9th December 1988
United States release date United States release: 9th December 1988

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 5th May '89
  • Debut position: 4
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £175.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 11

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 9th Dec '88
  • Debut position: 13
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: $225 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 14

Chart position history

UK box office

5 May, 1989
4
12 May, 1989
2
19 May, 1989
1
26 May, 1989
1
2 Jun, 1989
1
9 Jun, 1989
6
16 Jun, 1989
9
23 Jun, 1989
13
30 Jun, 1989
13
7 Jul, 1989
15

US box office

9 Dec, 1988
13
16 Dec, 1988
14
23 Dec, 1988
14
30 Dec, 1988
14
6 Jan, 1989
15
13 Jan, 1989
7
20 Jan, 1989
7
27 Jan, 1989
5
3 Feb, 1989
8
10 Feb, 1989
12
17 Feb, 1989
13
24 Feb, 1989
11
3 Mar, 1989
12

Global box office

Certificates


18 age rating

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2.2 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $33.9 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Directed By

Director
Role
Alan Parker
Directed By

Starring

Actor
Character
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Ray Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky
Clayton Townley
Michael Rooker
Frank Bailey
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Lester Cowens
Badja Djola
Agent Monk
Kevin Dunn
Agent Bird
Frankie Faison
Eulogist
Thomas B. Mason
Judge
Geoffrey Nauffts
Goatee
Rick Zieff
Passenger
Christopher White
Black Passenger
Gladys Greer
Hattie
Jake Gipson
Mose
Dianne Lancaster
Waitress
Stanley W. Collins
Hollis
Daniel Winford
Fennis
Marc Clement
Floyd Swilley
Larry Shuler
Earl Cooke
Stephen Bridgewater
Wesley Cooke
Bob Penny
Curtis Foy
James F. Moore
Barber
Park Overall
Connie
Georgia F. Wise
Beauty Parlor Woman 1
Lois Allen
Beauty Parlor Woman 2
Barry Davis Jim Sr.
Choctaw Man
Dan Desmond
Television Commentator
Darius McCrary
Aaron Williams
Lou Walker
Vertis Williams
Billie Jean Young
Mrs. Williams
Alisa R. Patrick
Church Soloist
Barbara Gibson
Church Soloist
Pat Funderburk
Pell Maid
Dawn Boyd
Interviewee
Dwight Boyd
Interviewee
Linda Fuller
Interviewee
George Isbell
Interviewee
Ethel L. Mayes
Interviewee
James Arnold Mayes
Interviewee
George Mason
Farmer
Charles Franzen
Interviewer & Reporter
Harry Franklin
SNCC Interviewer
Virginia Bennett
SNCC Interviewee
James Lloyd
SNCC Interviewee
Jesse Merle Speaks
Pecan Vendor
Simeon Teague
Obie Walker
Tonea Stewart
Mrs. Walker
Harry Quick
Doctor
Cullen Gilliland
Lawyer
Zeke Davidson
Lawyer
Robert F. Colesberry
Cameraman
Frederick Zollo
Reporter
Judy Sasser
Neighbor Woman
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Fire Bomber
Ed Geldart
Fire Bomber
Mert Hatfield
Fire Bomber
James Eric
Fire Bomber
Paul Saveles
Trooper
John P. Fertitta
T.V. Commentator #2
Ron De Roxtra
Reporter #3
Doug Jackson
Reporter #4
Gary Moody
Reporter #5
Robert Erickson
Reporter #6
John Brook
Reporter #7
Tobin Bell
Agent Stokes
Daniel Chapman
Agent MacMillan
Rick Washburn
Agent Brodsky
Robert Glaudini
Agent Nash
Ken Magee
Agent Reilly
Everett Thrall
Agent Tubbs
Bernice Poindexter
Grieving Mother
Brenda Dunlap
Mrs. Cowens
Lannie Spann McBride
Gospel Singer
Jack Buck
Baseball Announcer
Hoyt Chavers
FBI Agent
Major Combs
Deputy Sheriff
Ralnardo Davis
Willie
Betty Lucille DeJournette
Pedestrian on the Square
Paul Henderson
Local #1
W. Mitchell Morgan
Angry Reporter on Bridge
Ralph Pruitt Vaughn
Peckerwood
James Lowell Turnham
Man in Car
Andrew Whatley
Boy in Shop