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Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker and written by Chris Gerolmo that is loosely based on the 1964 murder investigation of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi.
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.
Richard C. Kline. Learn more about the full cast of Mississippi Burning with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide.
- Alan Parker
Mississippi Burning: Directed by Alan Parker. With Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif. Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Alan Parker
- 1989-01-27
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Cast and crew of «Mississippi Burning» (1988). Roles and the main characters. Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand.