The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Date of release
1994-09-23
TMDB
8.7 / 10 (31566)
Runtime
2h 22m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Frank Darabont

Casting

  • Tim Robbins — Andy Dufresne
  • Morgan Freeman — Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
  • Bob Gunton — Warden Norton
  • William Sadler — Heywood
  • Clancy Brown — Captain Byron T. Hadley
  • Gil Bellows — Tommy
  • James Whitmore — Brooks Hatlen
  • Mark Rolston — Bogs Diamond
  • Jeffrey DeMunn — 1946 D.A.
  • Larry Brandenburg — Skeet
  • Neil Giuntoli — Jigger
  • Brian Libby — Floyd

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