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.
Title | Mississippi Burning |
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Year | 1988 |
Genre | Drama, Crime |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Orion Pictures |
Cast | Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain |
Crew | Alan Parker (Director), Chris Gerolmo (Screenplay), Trevor Jones (Original Music Composer), Peter Biziou (Director of Photography), Aldric La'Auli Porter (First Assistant Director), Brenda Kalosh (Second Assistant Director) |
Keyword | suicide, sheriff, police, funeral, ku klux klan, mississippi river, shotgun, fbi, deputy sheriff, motel, u.s. navy, rope, burning cross, based on true story, murder, racism, dramatic, callous, compassionate, disheartening, empathetic, harsh, tragic |
Release | Dec 08, 1988 |
Runtime | 128 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.70 / 10 by 1,630 users |
Popularity | 15 |
Budget | 15,000,000 |
Revenue | 34,604,000 |
Language | English |