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.
Genre: Drama, Crime
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, Mark Rolston
Directed & Produced by: Thomas Newman, Thomas Newman, Roger Deakins, Peter Landsdown Smith, Stephen King
Release date: 9/23/1994
Running time: 142 minutes
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10 by 15686 users