Mississippi Burning
1964. When America was at war with itself.
1988•2h 8m•7.7/10
DramaCrimeMysteryThriller
Ratings
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7.7/10(2K)
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.
Production
Orion Pictures, Frederick Zollo Productions
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
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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
Thomas B. Mason
Judge (as Tom Mason)
Geoffrey Nauffts
Goatee
Rick Zieff
Passenger
Christopher White
Black Passenger
Gladys Greer
Hattie
Jake Gipson
Mose
Dianne Lancaster
Waitress
Stanley W. Collins
Hollis
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