The Shawshank Redemption

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

1994-09-23

8.709

en 142m

DramaCrime

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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Producer

Niki Marvin

Original Music Composer

Thomas Newman

Director of Photography

Roger Deakins

Editor

Richard Francis-Bruce

Casting

Julie Lichter

Production Design

Terence Marsh

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