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Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in a tough prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. However, only Andy knows he didn’t commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, etc., all in 19 years.

Image credit: Warner Bros. Classics

Did you know?

  • Morgan Freeman’s favorite film of his own.
  • The mugshots of a young-looking Red that are attached to his parole papers are actually pictures of Morgan Freeman’s younger son, Alfonso Freeman.
  • All the pictures in Andy’s cell, except for the big posters, were handpicked by Tim Robbins.

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