The Shawshank Redemption

Name: The Shawshank Redemption
Director: John R. Woodward
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1994-09-23
Duration: 142 min
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown

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

8.7(29,648 votes)

2h 22m

September 23, 1994

DramaCrime

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.