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Mississippi Burning

19882h 8mDrama · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
directed by Alan Parker

“1964. When America was at war with itself.”

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7.7 / 10
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7.8 / 10
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65 / 100
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Synopsis

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 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