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77% Critic Match
Mississippi Burning
“1964. When America was at war with itself.”
7.7 / 10• 1988• 2h 8m•R• English
DramaCrimeMysteryThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan Parker's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mississippi Burning is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
