Released:
1988-12-08

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.

Director:
Alan Parker

Runtime:
2h 8min

Genre:
Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Gene Hackman
  as
  Agent Rupert Anderson
• 
  Willem Dafoe
  as
  Agent Alan Ward
• 
  Frances McDormand
  as
  Mrs. Pell
• 
  Brad Dourif
  as
  Deputy Clinton Pell
• 
  R. Lee Ermey
  as
  Mayor Tilman