The Green Mile (1999)
12/10/1999 (US) • 3h 9m
Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.
Overview
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Top Billed Cast
Paul Edgecomb
Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
Jan Edgecomb
John Coffey
Warden Hal Moores
Eduard Delacroix
Arlen Bitterbuck
Percy Wetmore
'Wild Bill' Wharton
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$60,000,000.00
Revenue
$286,801,374.00
Keywords
mentally disabled
based on novel or book
southern usa
psychopath
death row
jail guard
supernatural
great depression
prison guard
jail
electric chair
torture
magic realism
healing
grim
1930s
abuse of power
depressed
ambiguous
authoritarian
cruel
hopeful
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