Mississippi Burning

IMDb 7.7 1988 • 128 min • DramaCrimeMysteryThriller

Director

Alan Parker

Country

US

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
Gene Hackman Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey Mayor Tilman