Mississippi Burning

1988 · Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 128 min

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.

Gene Hackman

Willem Dafoe

Frances McDormand

Brad Dourif

R. Lee Ermey

Gailard Sartain

Stephen Tobolowsky

Michael Rooker

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Badja Djola

Kevin Dunn

Frankie Faison