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87% Critic Match
The Shawshank Redemption
“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”
8.7 / 10• 1994• 2h 22m•R• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
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
Tim Robbins
Andy Dufresne
Lead
Morgan Freeman
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Bob Gunton
Warden Norton
William Sadler
Heywood
Clancy Brown
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Gil Bellows
Tommy
James Whitmore
Brooks Hatlen
Mark Rolston
Bogs Diamond
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Darabont's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Shawshank Redemption is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
