The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
8.7/1019942h 22m
- 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.
Top cast
Tim RobbinsAndy Dufresne
Morgan FreemanEllis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Bob GuntonWarden Norton
William SadlerHeywood
Clancy BrownCaptain Byron T. Hadley
Details
- Director
- Frank Darabont
- Release date
- September 23, 1994
- Runtime
- 142 minutes
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released
- Original title
- The Shawshank Redemption