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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.
Theatrical
Jan 27, 1989
Box Office
$34.6M
Budget
$15.0M
Return
2.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 27, 1998
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Orion Pictures, Frederick Zollo Productions
Quotes
See all →Guilt and Responsibility in Mississippi Burning
Agent Bird
I don't understand why he did it. He wasn't in on it. He wasn't even Klan.
[the mayor has hung himself]
Ward
Mr. Bird, he was guilty. Anyone's guilty who lets these things happens and pretends like it isn't. No, he was guilty all right. Just as guilty as the fanatics who pulled the trigger. Maybe we all are.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Pursuing Justice in Federal Court
Ward
The whole thing, huh? Bullet by bullet. I don't suppose you're interested in words like coercion, or hearsay, or duress. This is no good in court.
Anderson
We're not in court, Mr. Ward. That's a state charge. These hayseeds will never prosecute.
Ward
I know that!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →G
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward
F
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell
B
Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell
R
R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman
G
Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Stuckey
S
Stephen Tobolowsky
Townley
M
Michael Rooker
Frank Bailey
P
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Lester Cowens
B
Badja Djola
Agent Monk
K
Kevin Dunn
Agent Bird
F
Frankie Faison
Eulogist
T
Thomas B. Mason
Judge (as Tom Mason)
G
Geoffrey Nauffts
Goatee
R
Rick Zieff
Passenger
M
Marc Clement
Floyd Swilley
L
Larry Shuler
Earl Cooke
S
Stephen Bridgewater
Wesley Cooke
B
Bob Penny
Curtis Foy
P
Park Overall
Connie
