Mississippi Burning

Dec 8, 1988

2h 8m

★ 7.7

1964. When America was at war with itself.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Frederick Zollo Productions

Mississippi Burning Trailers

Cast

Agent Rupert Anderson

Gene Hackman

Agent Alan Ward

Willem Dafoe

Mrs. Pell

Frances McDormand

Deputy Clinton Pell

Brad Dourif

Mayor Tilman

R. Lee Ermey

Sheriff Stuckey

Gailard Sartain

Townley

Stephen Tobolowsky

Frank Bailey

Michael Rooker

Lester Cowens

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Agent Monk

Badja Djola

Agent Bird

Kevin Dunn

Eulogist

Frankie Faison

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