Mississippi Burning (1988)

Name: Mississippi Burning
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1988-12-08
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Rating: 7.675
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey

Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller • PT2H8M

Overview

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.

Director: Alan Parker

Top 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

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