The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

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

R 1994 · 142 min · ★ 8.7 (31K) · Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Frank Darabont · Written by Frank Darabont

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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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