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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

1926

Name

Shawshank Redemption

Genre

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Leads

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Rating

8
Content Advisory

Edited

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Drama, Crime

Id

278

Popularity

47.834

Release Date

1994-09-23

Title

The Shawshank Redemption

Vote Average

8.709

Vote Count

28205

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$28,341,469

Runtime

142 minutes