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.
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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
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Lester Cowens
Badja Djola
Agent Monk
Alan Parker
DirectorChris Gerolmo
Screenplay
Robert F. Colesberry
Producer
Frederick Zollo
Producer
Peter Biziou
Director of PhotographyGerry Hambling
Editor
Trevor Jones
Original Music ComposerCarol D. Bonnefil
Second Second Assistant DirectorRobin Squibb
Script SupervisorBrenda Kalosh
Second Assistant DirectorProduction Companies
Orion Pictures