Mississippi Burning vs Sparkling Cyanide
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6/10 for Sparkling Cyanide). Sparkling Cyanide is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 8m. Sparkling Cyanide is the older of the two (1983 against 1988). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
Sparkling Cyanide| Mississippi Burning | Sparkling Cyanide | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 1983 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Robert Michael Lewis |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Deborah Raffin, Josef Sommer, Anthony Andrews, Anne Rogers, Ismael 'East' Carlo |
Synopsis
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.
Sparkling Cyanide
The beautiful but unfaithful wife of a successful lawyer meets her untimely end at their anniversary dinner. After a suicide note is found soon after her death, it seems more likely that she was murdered, as all the dinner guests had good reason to want her dead.
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