The Shawshank Redemption
“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”
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.
Genres
Drama, Crime
Studio
Castle Rock Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Shawshank Redemption performed
Budget
$25.0M
Worldwide Gross
$28.3M
Gross Profit
$3.3M
Return
1.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Andy Dufresne
Tim Robbins
Andy Dufresne
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Morgan Freeman
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Warden Norton
Bob Gunton
Warden Norton
Heywood
William Sadler
Heywood
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Clancy Brown
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Tommy
Gil Bellows
Tommy
Brooks Hatlen
James Whitmore
Brooks Hatlen
Bogs Diamond
Mark Rolston
Bogs Diamond
1946 D.A.
Jeffrey DeMunn
1946 D.A.
Skeet
Larry Brandenburg
Skeet
Jigger
Neil Giuntoli
Jigger
Floyd
Brian Libby
Floyd
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