The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shawshank Redemption is a film from 1994. It is catalogued under Drama, Crime. Its listed tagline is “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”

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.

TMDB records an audience rating of 8.7/10 based on 31,562 votes.

Release date: September 23, 1994 · Runtime: 142 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $25,000,000 · Reported revenue: $28,341,469

Director: Frank Darabont · 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

Genres: Drama, Crime