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
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Original Title
Mississippi Burning
Original Language
English
Production Country
United States
Release Date
12/08/1988
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Mississippi Burning
1989·128 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.
Cast: Gene Hackman · Willem Dafoe · Frances McDormand · Brad Dourif · R. Lee Ermey