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.
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Tim Robbins
Andy Dufresne
Morgan Freeman
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Bob Gunton
Warden Norton
William Sadler
Heywood
Clancy Brown
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Gil Bellows
Tommy
James Whitmore
Brooks Hatlen
Mark Rolston
Bogs Diamond
Jeffrey DeMunn
1946 D.A.
Larry Brandenburg
Skeet
Neil Giuntoli
Jigger
Brian Libby
Floyd
David Proval
Snooze
Joseph Ragno
Ernie
Jude Ciccolella
Guard Mert
Frank Darabont
Director
Frank Darabont
Screenplay
Stephen King
Novel
Liz Glotzer
Executive Producer
David V. Lester
Executive Producer
Niki Marvin
Producer
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Richard Francis-Bruce
Editor
Elizabeth McBride
Costume Design
Terence Marsh
Production Design
ClipFresh Fish
ClipBrooks Was Here
FeaturetteTim Robbins and Morgan Freeman reflect on 30 years of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
ClipRed is Released From Prison After 40 Years
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FeaturetteDirector Frank Darabont on using "Duettino- Sull'aria" in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
FeaturetteHanelle Culpepper announces THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION for AFI Movie Club
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