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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.

Release Info

Release Date: 1994-09-23

Runtime: 2h 22m

Status: Released

Language: en

Production

Director: Frank Darabont

Writer:

Producer: Niki Marvin

Ratings

Vote Average: 8.708

Vote Count: 28014

Budget: $25,000,000

Country: ["United States of America"]

Cast

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
Andy Dufresne
Bob Gunton
Bob Gunton
Warden Norton
William Sadler
William Sadler
Heywood
Clancy Brown
Clancy Brown
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Gil Bellows
Gil Bellows
Tommy
James Whitmore
James Whitmore
Brooks Hatlen
Mark Rolston
Mark Rolston
Bogs Diamond
Jeffrey DeMunn
Jeffrey DeMunn
1946 D.A.
Larry Brandenburg
Larry Brandenburg
Skeet

Media

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