The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Crime
Drama
8.7 (28,317 votes)
2h 22m
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.
Details
- Director
- Frank Darabont
- Writer
- Frank Darabont
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $25,000,000
Cast
Bob Gunton
Clancy Brown
Gil Bellows
James Whitmore
Jeffrey DeMunn
Larry Brandenburg
Mark Rolston
Morgan Freeman
Tim Robbins
William Sadler
Keywords
1940s
admiring
based on novel or book
corruption
delinquent
framed for murder
freedom
friendship
hope
interracial friendship
parole board
police brutality
prison
prison cell
prison escape
redemption
voiceover
wrongful imprisonment
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