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#33 Box Office Hit of 1988

Mississippi Burning (1988)

"1964. When America was at war with itself."

Overview

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

  • Gene Hackman

    Agent Rupert Anderson

    Gene Hackman

  • Willem Dafoe

    Agent Alan Ward

    Willem Dafoe

  • Frances McDormand

    Mrs. Pell

    Frances McDormand

  • Brad Dourif

    Deputy Clinton Pell

    Brad Dourif

  • R. Lee Ermey

    Mayor Tilman

    R. Lee Ermey

  • Gailard Sartain

    Sheriff Stuckey

    Gailard Sartain

  • Stephen Tobolowsky

    Townley

    Stephen Tobolowsky

  • Michael Rooker

    Frank Bailey

    Michael Rooker

  • Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Lester Cowens

    Pruitt Taylor Vince

  • Badja Djola

    Agent Monk

    Badja Djola

  • Kevin Dunn

    Agent Bird

    Kevin Dunn

  • Frankie Faison

    Eulogist

    Frankie Faison

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