TMDb Rating
7.7/10
1,851 verified votes
Mississippi Burning (1988)
DramaCrimeMysteryThriller
128 min
"1964. When America was at war with itself."
Plot Summary
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.
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DramaCrimeMysteryThrillerAlan ParkerGene HackmanWillem Dafoe1988
Director
Alan Parker
Top Cast
Gene HackmanWillem DafoeFrances McDormandBrad DourifR. Lee Ermey
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