The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
09/23/1994 (US) • 2h 22m
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
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 Billed Cast
Andy Dufresne
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Warden Norton
Heywood
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Tommy
Brooks Hatlen
Bogs Diamond
1946 D.A.
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25,000,000.00
Revenue
$28,341,469.00
Keywords
prison
friendship
police brutality
corruption
based on novel or book
freedom
hope
prison cell
delinquent
redemption
parole board
prison escape
wrongful imprisonment
interracial friendship
framed for murder
1940s
voiceover
inspirational
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