When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, two FBI agents are sent in to investigate.
Gene Hackman Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif Deputy Clinton Pell
Gailard Sartain Sheriff Ray Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky Clayton Townley
Michael Rooker Frank Bailey
Alan Parker Director