Storyline
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.
Principal Cast
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe
Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif
Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey
Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain
Sheriff Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky
Townley
Michael Rooker
Frank Bailey
Media Information
DirectorAlan Parker
StatusReleased
Runtime128 min
Genres
DramaCrimeMysteryThriller
Release Date1988-12-08
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States of America
Production
Orion Pictures
Frederick Zollo Productions