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Mississippi Burning

  • 1988
  • TMDB 7.7/10
  • 2h 8m

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.

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Overview

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 HackmanAgent Rupert Anderson
  • Willem DafoeAgent Alan Ward
  • Frances McDormandMrs. Pell
  • Brad DourifDeputy Clinton Pell
  • R. Lee ErmeyMayor Tilman
  • Gailard SartainSheriff Stuckey
  • Stephen TobolowskyTownley
  • Michael RookerFrank Bailey

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