The Burial Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Based on a true story, the film tells of a personal-injury lawyer from Mississippi who took on the case of Jeremiah O'Keefe, an owner of a local chain of funeral homes. O'Keefe claimed that he had been cheated by a major funeral parlor conglomerate. With the cooperation of O'Keefe's lawyer, who was an admitted racist, he won $260 million for O'Keefe.

Drama True Story

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Burial.

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  Jamie Foxx

  ... Willie E. Gary

  Strays, Back In Action

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  Tommy Lee Jones

  ... Jerry O'Keefe

  Finestkind, The Hunted

• J
  Jurnee Smollett

  The Order, Tyler Perry's Temptation

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  Mamoudou Athie

  An Almost Christmas Story, Kinds of Kindness

• B
  Bill Camp

  ... Raymond Loewen

  Salem's Lot, Drive-Away Dolls

• D
  Dorian Missick

  Shirley, Deliver Us from Evil

• P
  Pamela Reed

  The Long Dumb Road

• A
  Amanda Warren

  Safety

• J
  Jim Klock

  6:66 P.M., Secrets in the Woods

Crew Behind the Film

The The Burial behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer Doug Wright last wrote Bunny Lake is Missing and Town House.

Director

Maggie Betts

Screenwriter

Doug Wright

Additional Information

All Trailers

Official The Burial movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the The Burial movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on a New Yorker Magazine article.

Questions

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