

The Shawshank Redemption(1994)
"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."
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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Tim Robbins
Andy Dufresne

Morgan Freeman
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Bob Gunton
Warden Norton

William Sadler
Heywood

Clancy Brown
Captain Byron T. Hadley

Gil Bellows
Tommy

James Whitmore
Brooks Hatlen

Mark Rolston
Bogs Diamond

Jeffrey DeMunn
1946 D.A.

Larry Brandenburg
Skeet

Neil Giuntoli
Jigger

Brian Libby
Floyd

David Proval
Snooze

Joseph Ragno
Ernie

Jude Ciccolella
Guard Mert

Paul McCrane
Guard Trout
Renee Blaine
Andy Dufresne's Wife

Scott Mann
Glenn Quentin

John Horton
1946 Judge

Gordon Greene
1947 Parole Hearings Man

Alfonso Freeman
Fresh Fish Con

Vincent Foster
Hungry Fish Con
John E. Summers
New Fish Guard

Frank Medrano
Fat Ass

Mack Miles
Tyrell

Alan R. Kessler
Laundry Bob

Morgan Lund
Laundry Truck Driver

Cornell Wallace
Laundry Leonard

Gary Lee Davis
Rooster

Neil Summers
Pete

Ned Bellamy
Guard Youngblood
Joe Pecoraro
Projectionist
Harold E. Cope Jr.
Hole Guard

Brian Delate
Guard Dekins

Don McManus
Guard Wiley
Donald Zinn
Moresby Batter

Dorothy Silver
1954 Landlady

Robert Haley
1954 Food-Way Manager
Dana Snyder
1954 Food-Way Woman
John D. Craig
1957 Parole Hearings Man

Ken Magee
Ned Grimes

Eugene C. DePasquale
Mail Caller

Bill Bolender
Elmo Blatch

Ron Newell
Elderly Hole Guard

John R. Woodward
Bullhorn Tower Guard
Chuck Brauchler
Man Missing Guard

Dion Anderson
Head Bull Haig

Claire Slemmer
Bank Teller

James Kisicki
Bank Manager

Rohn Thomas
Bugle Editor

Charlie Kearns
1966 D.A.

Rob Reider
Duty Guard

Brian Brophy
1967 Parole Hearings Man

Paul Kennedy
1967 Food-Way Manager

James Babson
Con (uncredited)
Dennis Baker
Old Man on Bus (uncredited)
Fred Culbertson
Police Officer (uncredited)

Alonzo F. Jones
Inmate (uncredited)

Sergio Kato
Inmate II (uncredited)

Gary A. Jones
Convict (uncredited)
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