Mississippi Burning (1988)2h08
Drama · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Director Alan Parker (7.0 avg)
Also directed The Life of David Gale, Midnight Express, Angel Heart, and 15 more
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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Cast
Gene Hackman
Willem Dafoe
Frances McDormand
Brad Dourif
R. Lee Ermey
Gailard Sartain
Stephen Tobolowsky
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