Mississippi Burning (1988)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Agent Rupert Anderson	Gene Hackman
Agant Alan Ward	Willem Dafoe	½
Mrs. Pell	Frances McDormand
Deputy Clinton Bell	Brad Dourif
Mayor Tilman	R. Lee Ermey	½
Sheriff Ray Stuckey	Gailard Sartain	½
Clayton Townley	Stephen Tobolowsky
Frank Bailey	Michael Rooker	½
Lester Cowans	Pruitt Taylor Vince
Agent Monk	Badja Djola
Agent Bird	Kevin Dunn

Review

Directed by Alan Parker, a man whose knack for propaganda would make even Leni Riefenstahl impressed, Mississippi Burning is a powerful, emotionally stirring and industriously conducted movie about segregational uproar and the disappearance of three civil rights activists in 1960s Mississippi. The film is both a tad too far-fetched and has got near caricatured characters, but the power of the direction and the drama of its crucial scenes accompanied by a fantastic Gene Hackman performance (possibly the last in that respect) make it both a highly enjoyable and extremely effective film.