---
title: 'The Shawshank Redemption (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Darabont'
released: '1994-09-10'
runtime_minutes: 142
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shawshank-redemption-1994'
review_count: 1
fandom_rating: '9.00/10'
fandom_stars: '4.50/5'
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

1994 · R · 142 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne, who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding, and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton. William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Darabont](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-darabont)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Darabont](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-darabont)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman)
- **Producer:** [Niki Marvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/niki-marvin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roger Deakins](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-deakins)
- **Editor:** [Richard Francis-Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-francis-bruce)

## Cast

- [William Sadler](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-sadler) as Heywood
- [Ned Bellamy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-bellamy) as prison guard Youngblood
- [Clancy Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/clancy-brown) as Byron Hadley
- [Jude Ciccolella](https://cinepixo.com/people/jude-ciccolella)
- [Larry Brandenburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-brandenburg)
- [Mark Rolston](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-rolston) as Bogs Diamond
- [Alfonso Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfonso-freeman) as Fresh Fish Con
- [James Whitmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whitmore) as Brooks Hatlen
- [Paul McCrane](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mccrane)
- [Jeffrey DeMunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-demunn) as the prosecuting attorney
- [Tim Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-robbins) as Andy Dufresne
- [David Proval](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-proval)
- [Gil Bellows](https://cinepixo.com/people/gil-bellows) as Tommy Williams
- [Bob Gunton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-gunton) as Samuel Norton
- [John Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-horton) as 1946 Judge

## Criticism on CinePixo

Fandom rating: **9.00/10** (4.50 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating.

- **9.0/10** — [A Prison Picture That Is Really About Company](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/a-prison-picture-that-is-really-about-company) by Marcus Reid, 2026-08-04
  > The Shawshank Redemption keeps every promise a prison movie makes and then quietly changes the subject to friendship, which is why people who do not like prison movies love this one.

Official site: http://www.shawshankredemption.org/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shawshank-redemption-1994
Film facts: Wikidata (Q172241); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.