The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

8.7/10 142 min Drama Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

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

David Proval

Snooze

Joseph Ragno

Ernie

Jude Ciccolella

Guard Mert

Paul McCrane

Guard Trout

Scott Mann

Glenn Quentin

John Horton

1946 Judge

Gordon Greene

1947 Parole Hearings Man

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