Movie

Mississippi Burning

★ 7.7/10 · 2,011 votes 1988 2h 8m Released

DramaCrimeMysteryThriller

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