The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

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

1994142 minFrank DarabontDramaCrime

8.7

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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.

Cast & Crew

Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont

Director

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Andy Dufresne

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton

Warden Norton

William Sadler

William Sadler

Heywood

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Captain Byron T. Hadley

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows

Tommy

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