Release Date: September 23rd, 1994
DVD Release Date: December 21st, 1999
R |2 hr 22 min
Plot SummaryAndy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, etc., all in 19 years.
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Mark Rolston
Director: Frank Darabont
Genres: Drama
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributors: Columbia Pictures
Keywords: Murder , 1940s , Gripping , Friend , Friendship , Emotional , 1950s , Quest , Prison , Escape , 1960s ,