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8.7/10

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The Shawshank Redemption

“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”

8.7/10 1994 2h 22m EN
Crime Drama

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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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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10 credited
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins Andy Dufresne
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Bob Gunton
Bob Gunton Warden Norton
William Sadler
William Sadler Heywood
Clancy Brown
Clancy Brown Captain Byron T. Hadley
Gil Bellows
Gil Bellows Tommy
James Whitmore
James Whitmore Brooks Hatlen
Mark Rolston
Mark Rolston Bogs Diamond
Jeffrey DeMunn
Jeffrey DeMunn 1946 D.A.
Larry Brandenburg
Larry Brandenburg Skeet

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