Information
Release DateDecember 8, 1988
Runtime2h 8m
StatusReleased
Budget$15M
Revenue$35M
ProductionOrion Pictures, Frederick Zollo Productions
LanguagesEnglish
7.7
1,780 votesPopularity5
Synopsis
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.
Cast & Crew
Director
Featured 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
