Mississippi Burning

1988·126'

Alan Parker

DramaThrillerCrimeMystery

English

Letterboxd TMDB #1632

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.

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 Eulogist