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MOVIE · 1994

The Shawshank Redemption

English original · 142 min

★ 8.7 TMDB · 31,322 votes

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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Original title
The Shawshank Redemption
Release date
1994-09-23
Genres
Drama, Crime
Production countries
United States

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