Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
FantasyDramaCrimementally disableddeath penaltybased on novel or booksouthern usapsychopathdeath rowjail guardsupernaturalgreat depressionprison guardjailelectric chair
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Character
Earnest, contemplative, overwhelming and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
Who loves it, who doesn't
111 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Cartographers.
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Cast
- Tom HanksPaul Edgecomb
- David MorseBrutus 'Brutal' Howell
- Bonnie HuntJan Edgecomb
- Michael Clarke DuncanJohn Coffey
- James CromwellWarden Hal Moores
- Michael JeterEduard Delacroix
- Graham GreeneArlen Bitterbuck
- Doug HutchisonPercy Wetmore
- Sam Rockwell'Wild Bill' Wharton
- Barry PepperDean Stanton
Crew
- Frank DarabontDirector
- Frank DarabontWriter
- Stephen KingNovel
- David TattersallDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Richard Francis-BruceEditor
- Frank DarabontProducer
- David ValdesProducer
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