The Shawshank Redemption

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Director: Frank Darabont

Date of release: 23 Sep 1994

Description

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.

Extra

Budget	25000000 $
Runtime	142 minute
Producer	Castle Rock Entertainment
Language	English
Themes	corruption prison prison cell framed for murder 1940s delinquent wrongful imprisonment prison escape police brutality parole board
Actors	James Whitmore Tim Robbins Clancy Brown Brian Libby Bob Gunton Jeffrey DeMunn Morgan Freeman Alfonso Freeman Jude Ciccolella Neil Giuntoli Mark Rolston Gil Bellows Frank Medrano David Proval Philip Ettington Don McManus Rohn Thomas Larry Brandenburg James Babson Ned Bellamy Alonzo F. Jones Robert Haley Actor Sergio Kato William Sadler John Horton Ken Magee Brian Brophy Gordon Greene Joseph Ragno Bill Bolender Dion Anderson Gary Lee Davis Paul McCrane Dorothy Silver V.J. Foster Brian Delate Morgan Lund Mack Miles Renee Blaine Scott Mann John R. Woodward Fred Culbertson Neil Summers Claire Slemmer