Mississippi Burning (1988)

Name: Mississippi Burning
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1988-12-08
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey

1964. When America was at war with itself.

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

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Released 1988-12-08 · 128 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Directed by Alan Parker

Cast

Gene Hackman as Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe as Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand as Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif as Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey as Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain as Sheriff Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky as Townley
Michael Rooker as Frank Bailey
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Lester Cowens
Badja Djola as Agent Monk
Kevin Dunn as Agent Bird
Frankie Faison as Eulogist
Thomas B. Mason as Judge (as Tom Mason)
Geoffrey Nauffts as Goatee
Rick Zieff as Passenger