The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

10/14/1994 2h 22m

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

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Overview

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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Cast Ages at Release

Tim Robbins

as Andy Dufresne

Born 10/16/1958, age

Morgan Freeman

as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Born 06/01/1937, age

Bob Gunton

as Warden Norton

Born 11/15/1945, age

William Sadler

as Heywood

Born 04/13/1950, age

Clancy Brown

as Captain Byron T. Hadley

Born 01/05/1959, age

Gil Bellows

as Tommy

Born 06/28/1967, age

James Whitmore

as Brooks Hatlen

Born 10/01/1921

Died 02/06/2009, age

Mark Rolston

as Bogs Diamond

Born 12/07/1956, age

Jeffrey DeMunn

as 1946 D.A.

Born 04/25/1947, age

Larry Brandenburg

as Skeet

Born 05/03/1948, age

Brian Libby

as Floyd

Born 04/20/1949

Died 07/03/2018, age

David Proval

as Snooze

Born 05/20/1942, age

Jude Ciccolella

as Guard Mert

Born 11/30/1947, age

Paul McCrane

as Guard Trout

Born 01/19/1961, age

Alfonso Freeman

as Fresh Fish Con

Born 09/13/1959, age

Ned Bellamy

as Guard Youngblood

Born 05/07/1957, age

Don McManus

as Guard Wiley

Born 11/08/1959, age

James Babson

as Con (uncredited)

Born 10/24/1974, age