Murder in Mississippi
| Murder in Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roger Young |
| Produced by |
David L. Wolper Bernard Sofronski |
| Written by | Stanley Weiser |
| Starring |
Tom Hulce Blair Underwood Jennifer Grey |
| Music by |
Mason K. Daring Elmer Bernstein (uncredited score withdrawn) |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
Release dates | February 5, 1990 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
Murder in Mississippi is a 1990 television movie which dramatized the last weeks of civil rights activists Michael "Mickey" Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, and the events leading up to their disappearance and subsequent murder in the summer of 1964. It starred Tom Hulce as Schwerner, Jennifer Grey as his wife Rita, Blair Underwood as Chaney, and Josh Charles as Goodman. Hulce received a nomination for Best Actor in a TV Miniseries at the 1990 Golden Globes.
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 Norman Rockwell 1964 painting, depicting the same events. The painting is also known as: "Southern Justice."
Selected cast
- Tom Hulce as Michael Schwerner
- Blair Underwood as James Chaney
- Jennifer Grey as Rita Schwerner
- Josh Charles as Andrew Goodman
- CCH Pounder as Fannie Lee Chaney
- Walton Goggins as Lyle
See also
- African-American Civil Rights Movement in popular culture
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