Mississippi Burning

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.

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  Gene Hackman

  Agent Rupert Anderson
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  Willem Dafoe

  Agent Alan Ward
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  Frances McDormand

  Mrs. Pell
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  Brad Dourif

  Deputy Clinton Pell
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  R. Lee Ermey

  Mayor Tilman
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  Gailard Sartain

  Sheriff Stuckey
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  Stephen Tobolowsky

  Townley
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  Michael Rooker

  Frank Bailey
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  Pruitt Taylor Vince

  Lester Cowens
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  Badja Djola

  Agent Monk