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.

Directed by: Alan Parker
Written by: Chris Gerolmo
Release date: 1988-12-08
Runtime: 128 minutes
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Tagline: 1964. When America was at war with itself.
Cast:
Gene Hackman Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson 
Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward 
Frances McDormand Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell 
Brad Dourif Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell 
R. Lee Ermey R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman 
Gailard Sartain Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Stuckey 
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Also known as:
  • Arde Misisipi
  • Le Mississippi brûle