The Green Mile (1999)

Name: The Green Mile
Released: 1999
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell

• Movies, Crime, Drama, Fantasy

• 189 min

8.5

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

Directed by: Frank Darabont
Casting: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter, Graham Greene, Doug Hutchison, Sam Rockwell, Barry Pepper, Jeffrey DeMunn, Patricia Clarkson, Harry Dean Stanton, Dabbs Greer, Eve Brent, William Sadler, Mack Miles, Rai Tasco, Edrie Warner, Paula Malcomson, Christopher Joel Ives, Evanne Drucker, Bailey Drucker, Brian Libby, Brent Briscoe, Bill McKinney, Gary Sinise, Rachel Singer, Scotty Leavenworth, Katelyn Leavenworth, Bill Gratton, Dee Croxton, Rebecca Klingler, Gary Imhoff, Van Epperson, David E. Browning, Tommy Barnes, Wes Hall, Phil Hawn, Judy Herrera, Gower Mills, Garth Shaw, Jared Stovall, Todd Thompson, Fred Astaire
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1999-12-10
Status: Released

Tags: 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, hopeless, grim, 1930s, abuse of power, inspirational, authoritarian, demeaning, pessimistic

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.