🎬 Drama, Crime

The Shawshank Redemption

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

⭐ 8.7/10 1994 2h 22m Dir. Frank Darabont

About this movie

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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8.7/10 30,591 votes

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Year
1994
Runtime
2h 22m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 8.7/10
Votes
30,591
Genre
Drama, Crime
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$25.0M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Crime 🎬 Frank Darabont 👤 Tim Robbins 👤 Morgan Freeman 👤 Bob Gunton
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The Shawshank Redemption has a runtime of 2h 22m (2 hours and 22 minutes).
The Shawshank Redemption was directed by Frank Darabont and released in 1994.
The Shawshank Redemption is a Drama, Crime film (1994).
The cast of The Shawshank Redemption includes Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown.
The Shawshank Redemption has a TMDB rating of 8.7/10 based on 30,591 votes.

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