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Film · Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Mississippi Burning (1988)

★ 7.7 · 2,060 votesIMDb★ 7.8 · 129,580 votes2 h 8 minCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller1988

1964. When America was at war with itself.

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.

Director
Alan Parker
Writers
Chris Gerolmo
Country
United States
Language
English
Release date
December 8, 1988

Mississippi Burning 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
  • Pruitt Taylor VinceLester Cowens
  • Badja DjolaAgent Monk
  • Kevin DunnAgent Bird
  • Frankie FaisonEulogist
  • Thomas B. MasonJudge (as Tom Mason)
  • Geoffrey NaufftsGoatee
  • Rick ZieffPassenger
  • Christopher WhiteBlack Passenger
  • Gladys GreerHattie
  • Jake GipsonMose
  • Dianne LancasterWaitress
  • Stanley W. CollinsHollis
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