Mississippi Burning (1988)

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Written by Chris Gerolmo

Directed by Alan Parker

Running Time: 140 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1988

Rating: 18 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, this is a powerful fictionalised account of the murder in 1964 of three civil rights workers in America's Deep South and the FBI's subsequent investigation of Ku Klux Klan activities in the area.

The assigned agents battle to reconcile their contrasting approach to the assignment, one playing it by the book, the other relying on his instincts as a former sheriff in the South. The film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography.

When is Mississippi Burning next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on Sky Movies Drama Tomorrow, 12:15am and on Sky Movies Drama HD Tomorrow, 12:15am. See more...

In the USA... it's next showing on Encore Mystery Today, 5:35pm and on Encore Mystery Tomorrow, 1:00am. See more...

Cast

Image for Gene HackmanGene HackmanAgent Anderson
Willem DafoeAgent Ward
Image for Frances McDormandFrances McDormandMrs. Pell
Image for Brad DourifBrad DourifDeputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee ErmeyMayor Tilman
Gailard SartainSheriff Ray Stuckey
Image for Stephen TobolowskyStephen TobolowskyClayton Townley
Michael RookerFrank Bailey
Pruitt Taylor VinceLester Cowans
Badja DjolaAgent Monk
Kevin DunnAgent Bird
Frankie FaisonEulogist
Tom MasonJudge
Geoffrey NaufftsGoatee
Rick ZieffPassenger
Christopher WhiteBlack Passenger
Gladys GreerHattie
Jake GipsonMose
Dianne LancasterWaitress
Stanley W. CollinsHollis
Daniel WinfordFennis
Marc ClementFloyd Swilley
Larry ShulerEarl Cooke

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