Released:
1994-09-23

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.

Director:
Frank Darabont

Runtime:
2h 22min

Genre:
Drama, Crime

• Cast:
• 
  Tim Robbins
  as
  Andy Dufresne
• 
  Morgan Freeman
  as
  Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
• 
  Bob Gunton
  as
  Warden Norton
• 
  William Sadler
  as
  Heywood
• 
  Clancy Brown
  as
  Captain Byron T. Hadley