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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Drama Crime

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Release Date: 1994, September 23
Directors: Frank Darabont
Countries: United States of America
Production: Castle Rock Entertainment
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Mark Rolston, Jeffrey DeMunn, Larry Brandenburg, Neil Giuntoli, Brian Libby

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book friendship 1940s redemption corruption prison police brutality freedom hope prison cell delinquent parole board prison escape wrongful imprisonment interracial friendship framed for murder voiceover epic