The Shawshank Redemption

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.

Release Date

23 September 1994

142 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Andy Dufresne
Warden Norton
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Brooks Hatlen
Bogs Diamond