A Caribbean Mystery vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.2/10 for A Caribbean Mystery). A Caribbean Mystery is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 8m. A Caribbean Mystery is the older of the two (1983 against 1988). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Caribbean Mystery
Mississippi Burning| A Caribbean Mystery | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1983 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Robert Michael Lewis | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | George Innes, Swoosie Kurtz, Barnard Hughes, Zakes Mokae, Brock Peters | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
A Caribbean Mystery
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged to another guest and the revealing…
Mississippi Burning
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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