88
Avg Score
Critic Scores
IMDb
9.3/10
3182645 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
82/100
Metascore
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.
Cast
Details
- Director
- Frank Darabont
- Writer
- Stephen King, Frank Darabont
- Released
- 14 Oct 1994
- Box office
- $28,767,189
- Awards
- Nominated for 7 Oscars. 21 wins & 42 nominations total
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