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Ghosts of Mississippi

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

Director

Rob Reiner

Year

Genre

Box Office

$13,323,144

Production

Castle Rock Entertainment,Columbia Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 9 nominations total

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Bobby DeLaughter

Byron De La Beckwith

Dixie DeLaughter

Virginia Madsen

Myrlie Evers

Whoopi Goldberg

Peggy Lloyd

Susanna Thompson

Ed Peters

Craig T. Nelson

Burt DeLaughter

Drew DeLaughter

Claire DeLaughter

Charlie Crisco

William H. Macy

Benny Bennett

Self

Reena Evers

Jerry Mitchell

Van Evers

James Van Evers

Jared Lloyd

Thelma De La Beckwith

Merrida Coxwell

Michael O'Keefe

Jim Kitchens

Bill Smitrovich

Judge Hilburn

Martin Scott

Minister

Medgar Evers

James Pickens Jr.

Darrell Evers - Age 11

G. Ja'ron Henderson

Reena Evers - Age 10

Van Evers - Age 3

Curtis Tyler Haynes

Tommy Mayfield

Delamar Dennis

Billie DeLaughter

Bonnie Bartlett

Walter Williams

Morris Dees

Cynthia Speetgens

Fred Sanders

Grandma Caroline Moore

Hardy Lott

Judge Hendrick

Bill Walter

David Carpenter

Charlie Evers

Deputy

Grandpa Barney DeLaughter

James Holley

Bob Patterson

Young Barbara Holder

Katherine Randolph

Black Man

Security Guard

Sheriff McMillan

Roy Wilkins

Brandon McKennah

Howard

William L. Donald

Hollis Cresswell

Bomb Squad Man

Michael Strasser

Barbara Holder

Ralph Hargrove

Thorn McIntyre

Dan Prince

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Peggy Morgan

Bridge Lady

Bridge Lady

Bridge Lady

Press Reporter

James Marshall Wolchok

CNN Reporter

Reporter

Spencer Garrett

Reporter

Reporter

David Armstrong

Reporter

Reporter

James Homer Best

Bennie Thompson

Louis Armstrong

Louis E. Armstrong

Self

Self

Assistant D.A.

Daniel Evers-Everette

Keenan K. Evers

Cambi Evers-Everette

Nicole Evers-Everette

Keenan Evers

Dijon S. Williams

Assistant D.A.

Tracey Costello

Clara Mayfield

Margo Martindale

Man at Parade

Court Bailiff

Self

Stokely Carmichael

Self

Courtroom Observer

Courtroom Observer

Stuart Greenwell

Courthouse Deputy

Self - Equal Rights Speech

John F. Kennedy

Self

Martin Luther King

Self - Bending over Opponent

Court room attendee

Self

Self - Racing in Berlin

Self - Running to First Base

Jackie Robinson

Theater Patron

Maridean Mansfield Shepard

Store Customer

CNN Reporter #2

John M. Sullivan II

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Myrlie Evers Medgar Evers Bobby Delaughter Delamar Dennis Charlie Crisco Byron De La Beckwith Charlie Evers Burt Delaughter Jared Lloyd

Ed Peters is a good man - Ghosts of Mississippi

Ed Peters is a good man

I love the land of my birth - Ghosts of Mississippi

I love the land of my birth

In the horrific deaths - Ghosts of Mississippi

In the horrific deaths

And I hardly remember him at all - Ghosts of Mississippi

And I hardly remember him at all

I think about her keeping this thing alive all this time - Ghosts of Mississippi

I think about her keeping this thing alive all this time

Did I kill Medgar Evers Did you - Ghosts of Mississippi

Did I kill Medgar Evers Did you

Will you testify - Ghosts of Mississippi

Will you testify

But I don't see what difference it makes - Ghosts of Mississippi

But I don't see what difference it makes

I know if I ever got in the same room with Byron De La Beckwith - Ghosts of Mississippi

I know if I ever got in the same room with Byron De La...

He said When you hate the only person who suffers is you - Ghosts of Mississippi

He said When you hate the only person who suffers is you

This is not some deer you brought down This is a human being - Ghosts of Mississippi

This is not some deer you brought down This is a human being

You ain't never gonna get 12 people to convict me of killing a nigger - Ghosts of Mississippi

You ain't never gonna get 12 people to convict me of...

President John F Kennedy - Ghosts of Mississippi

President John F Kennedy

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A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Rob Reiner

Writer: Lewis Colick

Production: Castle Rock Entertainment,Columbia Pictures

Genre: drama, history

Year: 1996

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $13,323,144

Released: 03 Jan 1997

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 9 nominations total

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