“1964. When America was at war with itself.”
Mississippi Burning
Overview
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.
Commercial Verdict
Hit
Profitable theatrical release
Keywords
Cast
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky
Townley
Michael Rooker
Frank Bailey
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Lester Cowens
Badja Djola
Agent Monk
Kevin Dunn
Agent Bird
Frankie Faison
Eulogist
Thomas B. Mason
Judge (as Tom Mason)
Geoffrey Nauffts
Goatee
Rick Zieff
Passenger
You Might Also Like
Based on this title
The Boondock Saints
The Killer Inside Me
Kill the Irishman
Death Wish
White Elephant
Straw Dogs
Requiem for a Dream
True Confessions
Close Range
Similar Titles
More like Mississippi Burning
Matapacos
Sons for the Return Home
The Zookeeper's Wife
Wallander: The Revenge
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Falling Down
Dinner with Audrey
Run brother run
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
