Mississippi Burning

• 7.7 Drama
• 1988-12-08
• 128 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Gene Hackman (Anderson) Willem Dafoe (Ward) Frances McDormand (Mrs. Pell) Brad Dourif (Deputy 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)

Director:

Alan Parker

Writer:

Chris Gerolmo