
Synopsis: Framed 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.
Title | The Shawshank Redemption |
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Release Date | Sep 23, 1994 | Duration | 142 min. |
Genres | Drama, Crime |
Production Company | Castle Rock Entertainment |
Production Countries | United States of America |
Casts | Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, Mark Rolston, James Whitmore, Gil Bellows, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, Larry Brandenburg, Neil Giuntoli |
Plot Keywords | prison, corruption, police brutality, prison cell, delinquent, parole board, prison escape, wrongful imprisonment, framed for murder, 1940s |

Andy Dufresne
Tim Robbins

Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
Morgan Freeman

Warden Samuel Norton
Bob Gunton

Captain Byron T. Hadley
Clancy Brown

Bogs Diamond
Mark Rolston

Brooks Hatlen
James Whitmore

Tommy
Gil Bellows

Heywood
William Sadler