• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1988-12-08
  • Runtime128 minutes
  • Tagline1964. When America was at war with itself.
  • Revenue34,604,000$
  • GenreDrama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
  • Production
    CompaniesOrion Pictures, Frederick Zollo Productions
  • Budget15,000,000$

Movie 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.

Casts

Gene Hackman

Willem Dafoe

Frances McDormand

Brad Dourif

R. Lee Ermey

Gailard Sartain

Stephen Tobolowsky

Michael Rooker

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Badja Djola

Kevin Dunn

Frankie Faison

Geoffrey Nauffts

Rick Zieff

Marc Clement

Stephen Bridgewater

Bob Penny

Park Overall

Darius McCrary

Lou Walker

Tobin Bell

Mark Jeffrey Miller

Tonea Stewart

Robert F. Colesberry

Frederick Zollo

Doug Jackson

Ed Geldart

Daniel Chapman

Rick Washburn

Robert Glaudini

Ken Magee