Mississippi Burning

Name: Mississippi Burning
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1988-12-08
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey

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

7.7(1,867 votes)

2h 8m

December 8, 1988

DramaCrimeMysteryThriller

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.