The Shawshank Redemption1994

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

Overview

Framed 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.

Cast

Andy Dufresne
Tim Robbins
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Morgan Freeman
Warden Samuel Norton
Bob Gunton
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Clancy Brown
Bogs Diamond
Mark Rolston
Brooks Hatlen
James Whitmore
Tommy
Gil Bellows
Heywood
William Sadler
1946 D.A.
Jeffrey DeMunn
Skeet
Larry Brandenburg
Jigger
Neil Giuntoli
Floyd
Brian Libby
Snooze
David Proval
Ernie
Joseph Ragno
Guard Mert
Jude Ciccolella
Guard Trout
Paul McCrane
Andy Dufresne's Wife
Renee Blaine
Glenn Quentin
Scott Mann
1946 Judge
John Horton
1947 Parole Hearings Man
Gordon Greene
Fresh Fish Con
Alfonso Freeman
Hungry Fish Con
V.J. Foster
Fat Ass
Frank Medrano
Tyrell
Mack Miles
Rooster
Gary Lee Davis
Guard Youngblood
Ned Bellamy
Guard Dekins
Brian Delate
Guard Wiley
Don McManus
1954 Landlady
Dorothy Silver
Head Bull Haig
Dion Anderson
1954 Food-Way Manager
Robert Haley
Elmo Blatch
Bill Bolender
Bullhorn Tower Guard
John R. Woodward
Bugle Editor
Rohn Thomas
1967 Parole Hearings Man
Brian Brophy
Ned Grimes
Ken Magee
Con (uncredited)
James Babson
Police Officer (uncredited)
Fred Culbertson
Inmate (uncredited)
Alonzo F. Jones
Inmate II (uncredited)
Actor Sergio Kato
Pete
Neil Summers
Frank (uncredited)
Philip Ettington

Directed by

  • Frank Darabont

Runtime

142 minutes

Released

1994

Rating

Genres