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Jan 27, 1989 · Two FBI agents investigate the murder of civil rights activists by the Ku Klux Klan in 1960s Mississippi. The film stars Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, and Frances McDormand, and is based on actual events.
- (113K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Alan Parker
- 1989-01-27
A 1988 crime thriller film based on the 1964 murder investigation of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. It stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents who face hostility and violence from the local police and the Ku Klux Klan.
Watch the 1988 drama based on the true story of the FBI investigation of the disappearance of three civil rights activists in Mississippi in 1964. Starring Gene Hackman, Willem Defoe and Frances McDormand, directed by Alan Parker.
- Alan Parker
- January 1, 1988
- 127 min
Set in 1964 Mississippi, a seasoned FBI agent and his fresh out of school partner use wildly divergent tactics when investigating the disappearance of three civil rights activists by the Ku Klux Klan.
When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) are sent in to investigate.
- (28)
- Alan Parker
- R
- Gene Hackman
In 1964, three civil rights workers from the North disappear in a small Mississippi town and the FBI are sent to investigate. Agent in charge Alan Ward does everything by the book. Agent Rupert Anderson however was a Sheriff in Mississippi before joining the FBI and understands the local culture.
But “Mississippi Burning” is not a documentary, nor does it strain to present a story based on the facts. This movie is a gritty police drama, bloody, passionate and sometimes surprisingly funny about the efforts of two FBI men to lead an investigation into the disappearances.
