Dead Man Walking (1995)

12/29/1995 (US) • 2h 2m

Drama

Overview

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

Top Billed Cast

Susan Sarandon

Sister Helen Prejean

Sean Penn

Matthew Poncelet

Robert Prosky

Hilton Barber

Raymond J. Barry

Earl Delacroix

R. Lee Ermey

Clyde Percy

Celia Weston

Mary Beth Percy

Lois Smith

Helen's Mother

Scott Wilson

Chaplain Farley

Roberta Maxwell

Lucille Poncelet


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$11,000,000.00

Revenue

$39,363,635.00

Keywords

prison

death penalty

right and justice

rape

rage and hate

unsociability

court case

court

nun

penalty

therapist

sentence

forgiveness

self-discovery

despair

prison cell

socially deprived family

death row

doomed man

death sentence

lethal injection

charity

mercy petition

cowardliness

angry

dreary

incredulous

depressing

bitter

callous

horrified

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