Mississippi Burning

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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