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Mississippi Burning

1964. When America was at war with itself.

7.7/ 1019882h 8mR

DramaCrimeMysteryThriller

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.

Directed by Alan Parker

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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