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A Balasaur Score of 89 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 9.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 82/100. Scores higher than 99% of the 1,887 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb9.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic82/100
31,274 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Frank DarabontScreenplay
- Frank DarabontDirector
Cast
- Tim RobbinsAndy Dufresne
- Morgan FreemanEllis Boyd 'Red' Redding
- Bob GuntonWarden Norton
- William SadlerHeywood
- Clancy BrownCaptain Byron T. Hadley
- Gil BellowsTommy
- James WhitmoreBrooks Hatlen
- Mark RolstonBogs Diamond
- Jeffrey DeMunn1946 D.A.
- Larry BrandenburgSkeet
- Neil GiuntoliJigger
- Brian LibbyFloyd
Stills
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Themes
prisonfriendshippolice brutalitycorruptionbased on novel or bookfreedomhopeprison celldelinquentredemptionparole boardprison escape
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