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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 79%, Metacritic 65/100. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 82% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic65/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
2,017 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan ParkerDirector
- Chris GerolmoScreenplay
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene HackmanAgent Rupert Anderson
- Willem DafoeAgent Alan Ward
- Frances McDormandMrs. Pell
- Brad DourifDeputy Clinton Pell
- R. Lee ErmeyMayor Tilman
- Gailard SartainSheriff Stuckey
- Stephen TobolowskyTownley
- Michael RookerFrank Bailey
- Pruitt Taylor VinceLester Cowens
- Badja DjolaAgent Monk
- Kevin DunnAgent Bird
- Frankie FaisonEulogist
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Themes
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