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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Film Cast:

• Anderson: Gene Hackman
• Ward: Willem Dafoe
• Mrs. Pell: Frances McDormand
• Deputy Pell: Brad Dourif
• Mayor Tilman: R. Lee Ermey
• Sheriff Stuckey: Gailard Sartain
• Townley: Stephen Tobolowsky
• Frank Bailey: Michael Rooker
• Lester Cowens: Pruitt Taylor Vince
• Agent Monk: Badja Djola
• Agent Bird: Kevin Dunn
• Eulogist: Frankie Faison
• Judge: Tom Mason
• Goatee: Geoffrey Nauffts
• Passenger: Rick Zieff
• Black Passenger: Christopher White
• Hattie: Gladys Greer
• Mose: Jake Gipson
• Waitress: Dianne Lancaster
• Hollis: Stanley W. Collins
• Fennis: Daniel Winford
• Floyd Swilley: Marc Clement
• Earl Cooke: Larry Shuler
• Wesley Cooke: Stephen Bridgewater
• Curtis Foy: Bob Penny
• Barber: James F. Moore
• Connie: Park Overall
• Beauty Parlor Woman 1: Georgia F. Wise
• Beauty Parlor Woman 2: Lois Allen
• Choctaw Man: Barry Davis Jim, Sr.
• Television Commentator (voice): Dan Desmond
• Aaron Williams: Darius McCrary
• Vertis Williams: Lou Walker
• Mrs. Williams: Billie Jean Young
• Church Soloist: Alisa R. Patrick
• Church Soloist: Barbara Gibson
• Pell Maid: Pat Funderburk
• Agent Stokes: Tobin Bell
• Fire Bomber: Mark Jeffrey Miller
• T.V. Commentator: John P. Fertitta
• Interviewer & Reporter: Charles Franzen
• Mrs. Walker: Tonea Stewart
• Cameraman: Robert F. Colesberry
• Reporter: Frederick Zollo
• Reporter: Ron De Roxtra
• Reporter: Doug Jackson
• Reporter: Gary Moody
• Reporter: Robert Erickson
• Fire Bomber: Ed Geldart
• Fire Bomber: Mert Hatfield
• Fire Bomber: James Eric
• Agent MacMillan: Daniel Chapman
• Agent Brodsky: Rick Washburn
• Agent Nash: Robert Glaudini
• Agent Reilly: Ken Magee
• Local #1 (uncredited): Paul Henderson
• Peckerwood (uncredited): Ralph Pruitt Vaughn
• …: Jesse Merle Speaks
• …: Simeon Teague
• …: Brenda Dunlap
• …: E.A. Thrall
• …: Kenneth Magee

Film Crew:

• Casting: Juliet Taylor
• Casting: Howard Feuer
• Producer: Robert F. Colesberry
• Assistant Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
• Costume Design: Aude Bronson-Howard
• First Assistant Director: Aldric La’Auli Porter
• Original Music Composer: Trevor Jones
• Director of Photography: Peter Biziou
• Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
• Editor: Gerry Hambling
• Director: Alan Parker
• Still Photographer: David Appleby
• Assistant Art Director: Steve Arnold
• Screenplay: Chris Gerolmo
• Production Design: Philip Harrison
• Costume Supervisor: Ellen Lutter
• Production Design: Geoffrey Kirkland
• Assistant Editor: Mayin Lo
• Producer: Frederick Zollo
• Sound Recordist: Danny Michael
• Stunts: Steve Kelso
• Stunt Coordinator: John Robotham
• ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris
• Art Direction: John Willett
• Script Supervisor: Robin Squibb
• Sound Editor: Pieter Hubbard
• Thanks: Nicholas Paleologos
• Costume Supervisor: Helen P. Butler
• Makeup Designer: David Forrest
• Thanks: Maida N. Morgan
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Kline
• Assistant Art Director: James C. Feng
• Construction Coordinator: E.W. Bradford
• Scenic Artist: Roger Dietz
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Robert J. Litt
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Elliot Tyson
• Camera Operator: Mike Roberts
• Unit Publicist: David Linck
• Special Effects Coordinator: Stan Parks
• Hair Designer: Paul LeBlanc
• Set Dresser: Polar Bear Shaw
• Electrician: Dennis J. Lootens
• Construction Foreman: Jerry G. Henery
• Assistant Costume Designer: Cynthia L. Hamilton
• Sound Engineer: Paul Hulme
• Sound Editor: Hal Sanders
• Supervising Sound Editor: Bill Phillips
• Sound Editor: Bruce Lacey
• Property Master: Ron Stone
• Unit Production Manager: Tom Razzano
• Grip: Bob Leitelt
• Best Boy Electric: Willie Mann
• Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt
• First Assistant Camera: Eamonn O’Keeffe
• Leadman: David Brace
• Transportation Captain: Rick Davis
• Dolly Grip: Mike Moad
• First Assistant Editor: Glenn Cunningham
• Sound Editor: John Phillips
• Key Grip: Les Percy
• Boom Operator: Anthony Starbuck
• Production Coordinator: Judith Lyn Brown
• Assistant Sound Editor: David Grannis
• Transportation Coordinator: Jerry Jackson
• Second Assistant Director: Brenda Kalosh
• Set Dresser: John Bromell
• Second Second Assistant Director: Carol D. Bonnefil

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