Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 189 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
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.
- mentally disabled
- death penalty
- based on novel or book
- southern usa
- psychopath
- death row
- jail guard
- supernatural
- great depression
- prison guard
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tom Hanks
Paul Edgecomb
David Morse
Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
Bonnie Hunt
Jan Edgecomb
Michael Clarke Duncan
John Coffey
- James Cromwell — Warden Hal Moores
- Michael Jeter — Eduard Delacroix
- Graham Greene — Arlen Bitterbuck
- Doug Hutchison — Percy Wetmore
- Sam Rockwell — 'Wild Bill' Wharton
- Barry Pepper — Dean Stanton
- Jeffrey DeMunn — Harry Terwilliger
- Patricia Clarkson — Melinda Moores
- Harry Dean Stanton — Toot-Toot
- Dabbs Greer — Old Paul Edgecomb
- Eve Brent — Elaine Connelly
- Directed
- Frank Darabont
- Written
- Frank Darabont
Production
- Rating
- 8.5 / 10 · 19,756 ratings
- Studio
- Castle Rock Entertainment, Darkwoods Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
