Murder in Mississippi (film)
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| Murder in Mississippi | |
|---|---|
Warner Bros. Television | |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | February 5, 1990 |
Murder in Mississippi is a 1990 American
1990 Golden Globes. The film premiered on February 5, 1990 on NBC
.
As a
historical docudrama, Murder in Mississippi precedes the storylines of both 1975's Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan and 1988's Mississippi Burning
.
Murder in Mississippi is the title of a 1964 Norman Rockwell painting depicting the same events. The painting is also known as Southern Justice.
Plot
In 1964, members of the
activists
.
Cast
- Tom Hulce as Michael "Mickey" Schwerner
- Blair Underwood as James Chaney
- Jennifer Grey as Rita Schwerner
- Josh Charles as Andrew Goodman
- CCH Pounder as Fannie Lee Chaney
- Andre Braugher as Dennis
- Walton Goggins as Lyle
- Royce D. Applegate as Deputy Winter (based on Cecil Price)
- Scott Lawrence as Matt Suarez
- John Dennis Johnston as Hatchet-Faced Man
In addition, Murder in Mississippi features an early role of Greg Kinnear, who was a television personality at the time; Kinnear appears at the end as a reporter - also named Greg Kinnear - covering the discovery of the remains of Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman.
See also
- Civil rights movement in popular culture
- Neshoba (2010 documentary film)
External links
- Murder in Mississippi at IMDb
- Murder in Mississippi at AllMovie
- Murder in Mississippi at Rotten Tomatoes
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