The Shawshank Redemption

Name: The Shawshank Redemption
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1994-09-23
Duration: 142 min
Rating: 8.7

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

8.7 / 10 (31,453 votes)

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.

Release Date September 23, 1994

Runtime 142 min

Genres Drama, Crime

Status Released

Budget $25,000,000

Revenue $28,341,469

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