Mississippi Burning
(1988)
December 8, 1988• 2h 8m
77%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Alan Parker
Director
Top Billed Cast
GH
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
WD
Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward
FM
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell
BD
Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell
RLE
R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman
GS
Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Stuckey
ST
Stephen Tobolowsky
Townley
MR
Michael Rooker
Frank Bailey
PTV
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Lester Cowens
BD
Badja Djola
Agent Monk
