Mississippi Burning

Synopsis

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.

Release date

08 Dec 1988

Directed by

Alan Parker

Runtime

2h 7m

Cast

Gene Hackman

Agent Rupert Anderson

Willem Dafoe

Agent Alan Ward

Frances McDormand

Mrs. Pell

Brad Dourif

Deputy Clinton Pell

R. Lee Ermey

Mayor Tilman

Gailard Sartain

Sheriff Stuckey

Stephen Tobolowsky

Townley

Michael Rooker

Frank Bailey

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Lester Cowens

Badja Djola

Agent Monk

Kevin Dunn

Agent Bird

Frankie Faison

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