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Mississippi Burning

Movie·1988·Drama, Crime, Mystery·2h 8m·7.7 (1,944)·Directed by Alan Parker

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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 HackmanGene HackmanAgent Rupert AndersonWillem DafoeWillem DafoeAgent Alan WardFrances McDormandFrances McDormandMrs. PellBrad DourifBrad DourifDeputy Clinton PellR. Lee ErmeyR. Lee ErmeyMayor TilmanGailard SartainGailard SartainSheriff StuckeyStephen TobolowskyStephen TobolowskyTownleyMichael RookerMichael RookerFrank Bailey

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