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Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker that is loosely based on the 1964 murder investigation of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi. It stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents investigating the disappearance of three civil rights workers in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi, who are met with hostility by the town's residents, local police, and the Ku Klux Klan.

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1988 · 2h 8m · Drama · Crime · Mystery

TMDB 7.7/10 (1,991 votes)

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

Box office $35M worldwide

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Cast & crew

Alan ParkerDirector

Gene Hackmanas Agent Rupert Anderson

Willem Dafoeas Agent Alan Ward

Frances McDormandas Mrs. Pell

Brad Dourifas Deputy Clinton Pell

R. Lee Ermeyas Mayor Tilman

Gailard Sartainas Sheriff Stuckey

Stephen Tobolowskyas Townley

Michael Rookeras Frank Bailey

Pruitt Taylor Vinceas Lester Cowens

Badja Djolaas Agent Monk

Kevin Dunnas Agent Bird

Frankie Faisonas Eulogist TThomas B. Masonas Judge (as Tom Mason)

Geoffrey Naufftsas Goatee