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The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption

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

8.7

1994

2h 22m

DramaCrime

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

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

as Andy Dufresne

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton

as Warden Norton

William Sadler

William Sadler

as Heywood

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

as Captain Byron T. Hadley

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows

as Tommy

James Whitmore

James Whitmore

as Brooks Hatlen

Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston

as Bogs Diamond

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn

as 1946 D.A.

Larry Brandenburg

Larry Brandenburg

as Skeet

Info

StatusReleased

Languageen

Revenue$28M

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