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Mississippi Burning

Powerful drama starring Gene Hackman. Two FBI agents with contrasting backgrounds investigate the murder of three civil rights workers in a small Mississippi township.

In the summer of 1964 three young civil rights workers disappear in a small Mississippi township. The FBI are brought in to investigate what turn out to be brutal murders. As local bigots, police and the Ku Klux Klan oppose the FBI, more and more agents are called on to tackle the near civil war. But Agent Anderson - an unorthodox ex-Sheriff - uses less convential means to get to the truth.

2 hours, 2 minutes

Last on

Wed 15 May 2013 00:05

Credits

Role Contributor
Agent Rupert Anderson Gene Hackman
Director Alan Parker
Agent Alan Ward Willem Dafoe
Mrs Pell Frances McDormand
Deputy Clinton Pell Brad Dourif
Mayor Tilman R Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman R Lee Ermey
Sheriff Ray Stuckey Gailard Sartain
Clayton Townley Stephen Tobolowsky
Frank Bailey Michael Rooker
Lester Cowans Pruitt Taylor Vince
Agent Monk Badja Djola
Agent Bird Kevin Dunn
Eulogist Frankie Faison
Producer Frederick Zollo
Judge Tom Mason
Writer Chris Gerolmo
Goatee Geoffrey Nauffts
Passenger Rick Zieff
Agent Stokes Tobin Bell
Producer Robert F Colesberry
Composer Trevor Jones
Director of photography Peter Biziou

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