Mississippi Burning (1988)
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 drama movie directed by Alan Parker, with a running time of 2h 8m. It stars Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe and Frances McDormand.
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 as Agent Rupert Anderson
- Willem Dafoe as Agent Alan Ward
- Frances McDormand as Mrs. Pell
- Brad Dourif as Deputy Clinton Pell
- R. Lee Ermey as Mayor Tilman
- Gailard Sartain as Sheriff Stuckey
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Townley
- Michael Rooker as Frank Bailey
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Lester Cowens
- Badja Djola as Agent Monk
- Kevin Dunn as Agent Bird
- Frankie Faison as Eulogist