Mississippi Burning

1988 · 128 min · ★ 7.7 / 10 · 2034 votes

Drama · Crime · Mystery · Thrillers

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 · Willem Dafoe · Frances McDormand · Brad Dourif · R. Lee Ermey · Gailard Sartain · Stephen Tobolowsky · Michael Rooker · Pruitt Taylor Vince · Badja Djola

Director

Alan Parker