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Sheriff Stuckey(Gailard Sartain) publicly gives his thoughts about the NAACP.
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- Danny Thomas
Rainey, who was the county sheriff at the time of the 1964 murders, alleged that the filmmakers of Mississippi Burning portrayed him in an unfavorable light with the fictional character of Sheriff Ray Stuckey (Gailard Sartain). "Everybody all over the South knows the one they have playing the sheriff in that movie is referring to me," he stated.
Gailard Sartain (born September 18, 1946) [1] is a retired American actor who frequently played characters with roots in the South. He was a regular on the country music variety series Hee Haw . He is also known for his roles in three of the Ernest movies and the TV series Hey Vern, It's Ernest! , which ran for one season on CBS in 1988.
Mayor Tilman : Fact is, we got two cultures down here: a white culture, and a colored culture. Now, that's the way it always has been, and that's the way it always will be. Anderson : Rest of America don't see it that way, Mr. Mayor. Sheriff Ray Stuckey : Rest of America don't mean jack shit. You in Mississippi now.
Jan 30, 2024 · The Big Picture. Mississippi Burning is a popular crime thriller film from 1988, loosely based on the true story of three civil rights activists who were murdered in Mississippi in 1964. The film ...
- Lloyd Farley
- Gene Hackman
- Alan Parker
They include The Buddy Holly Story (1978, playing the Big Bopper), The Outsiders (1983), Mississippi Burning (1988, as a menacing racist sheriff), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Forrest Gump (1994), and The Patriot (1998, starring Steven Seagal). In 1989 the University of Tulsa honored Sartain as one of its Distinguished Alumni.
Mississippi Burning: Directed by Alan Parker. With Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif. Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
