The Shawshank Redemption

IMDb 8.7 1994 • 142 min • DramaCrime

Director

Frank Darabont

Country

US

Plot Summary

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 Cast

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