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Mississippi Burning

1988Rating7.7· 128 minDramaCrimeMysteryThriller

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 & Crew

  • Gene Hackman

    Gene Hackman

    Agent Rupert Anderson

  • Willem Dafoe

    Willem Dafoe

    Agent Alan Ward

  • Frances McDormand

    Frances McDormand

    Mrs. Pell

  • Brad Dourif

    Brad Dourif

    Deputy Clinton Pell

  • R. Lee Ermey

    R. Lee Ermey

    Mayor Tilman

  • Gailard Sartain

    Gailard Sartain

    Sheriff Stuckey

  • Stephen Tobolowsky

    Stephen Tobolowsky

    Townley

  • Michael Rooker

    Michael Rooker

    Frank Bailey

  • Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Lester Cowens

  • Badja Djola

    Badja Djola

    Agent Monk

  • Kevin Dunn

    Kevin Dunn

    Agent Bird

  • Frankie Faison

    Frankie Faison

    Eulogist

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