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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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

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The Shawshank Redemption

year
1994
runtime
2h 22m
rating
8.7
genres
Drama
Crime
directors
Frank Darabont
actors
Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman
Bob Gunton
William Sadler
Clancy Brown

Plot 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.

Top Cast & Characters

  • Tim Robbins
    as Andy Dufresne
  • Morgan Freeman
    as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
  • Bob Gunton
    as Warden Norton
  • William Sadler
    as Heywood
  • Clancy Brown
    as Captain Byron T. Hadley
  • Gil Bellows
    as Tommy
  • James Whitmore
    as Brooks Hatlen
  • Mark Rolston
    as Bogs Diamond

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The film's famous poster, featuring a man in the rain, was heavily inspired by artwork from an album by Bruce Springsteen.

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