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Mississippi Burning
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.
1988 · Directed by Alan Parker · 128 min · Drama · Crime · Mystery · Thriller · 54 frames
Tagline
1964. When America was at war with itself.
Crew
- Screenplay: Chris Gerolmo
- Cinematography: Peter Biziou
- Edited by: Gerry Hambling
- Music: Trevor Jones
- Production design: Philip Harrison, Geoffrey Kirkland
- Produced by: Robert F. Colesberry, Frederick Zollo
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Agent Rupert Anderson
- Willem Dafoe as Agent Alan Ward
- Frances McDormand as Mrs. Pell
- Brad Dourif as Deputy Clinton Pell
- R. Lee Ermey as Mayor Tilman
- Gailard Sartain as Sheriff Stuckey
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Townley
- Michael Rooker as Frank Bailey
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Lester Cowens
- Badja Djola as Agent Monk
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Orion Pictures, Frederick Zollo Productions
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $34,604,000
- Themes: suicide, sheriff, police, funeral, ku klux klan, mississippi river, shotgun, fbi, deputy sheriff, motel
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