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Dead Man Walking (1995)

Dead Man Walking (1995)

Drama
Release Date: 1995, December 29
Directors: Tim Robbins
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Havoc, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, PolyGram Video, Gramercy Pictures
Cast: Jack Black, Sean Penn, Clancy Brown, R. Lee Ermey, Peter Sarsgaard, Jon Abrahams, Pete Burris, Kevin Cooney, Joan Glover, Larry Pine, Margo Martindale, Barton Heyman

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.

Keywords:

callous prison prison cell incredulous dreary depressing death penalty death row rage and hate angry horrified court forgiveness catholic court case rape self-discovery cowardliness bitter therapist unsociability right and justice nun doomed man death sentence socially deprived family despair charity penalty lethal injection sentence mercy petition