1988 2h 8m Alan Parker

Mississippi Burning

Name: Mississippi Burning
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Released: 1988
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif

★ 7.8 IMDb

Drama Crime Mystery & Thriller

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.

Writer Chris Gerolmo

Cast Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif

DP Peter Biziou

Music Trevor Jones

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