The Green Mile
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The Green Mile (1999)

25/02/2000 (GB)
Fantasy, Drama, Crime
3h 9m

Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.

Overview

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.

  • Frank DarabontDirector, Screenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $60,000,000

  • Revenue

    $286,801,374

Keywords

  • mentally disabled
  • based on novel or book
  • southern usa
  • psychopath
  • death row
  • jail guard
  • supernatural
  • great depression
  • prison guard
  • jail
  • electric chair
  • torture
  • magic realism
  • healing
  • grim
  • 1930s
  • abuse of power
  • depressed
  • ambiguous
  • authoritarian
  • cruel
  • hopeful

Top Billed Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Paul Edgecomb

David Morse

David Morse

Brutus 'Brutal' Howell

Bonnie Hunt

Bonnie Hunt

Jan Edgecomb

Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan

John Coffey

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Warden Hal Moores

Michael Jeter

Michael Jeter

Eduard Delacroix

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

Arlen Bitterbuck

Doug Hutchison

Doug Hutchison

Percy Wetmore

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell

'Wild Bill' Wharton

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper

Dean Stanton

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