Paul Edgecomb is the chief guard on death row in a U.S. Southern prison in the late 1950's.
Paul Edgecomb is the chief guard on death row in a U.S. Southern prison in the late 1950's. A huge black inmate named John Coffey awaits his execution. Racism and prejudice are themes in this war time drama of civil courage and the power of magic.
Tom Hanks
as Paul Edgecomb
Michael Clarke Duncan
as John Coffey
David Morse
as Brutus "Brutal" Howell
Doug Hutchison
as Percy Wetmore
Bonnie Hunt
as Jan Edgecomb
James Cromwell
as Warden Hal Moores
Patricia Clarkson
as Melinda Moores
Michael Jeter
as Eduard Delacroix
Sam Rockwell
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
Graham Greene
as Arlen Bitterbuck
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Review of The Green Mile 1999
"The Green Mileis" another adaptation of one of Stephen King’s books.
This time the author takes us to the thirties of last century, to block E in one of American prisons where the convicts await the electric chair execution. Film’s atmosphere is quite heavy, coloured rather in dark hues. The bu
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