Film

The Green Mile

1999 · 3h 9m · Fantasy · Drama · Crime

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

IMDb

8.6

Rotten Tomatoes

78%

Metacritic

61

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.

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

William Sadler

Klaus Detterick

• Frank DarabontDirector · Producer · Writer
• Stephen KingNovel
• David ValdesProducer
• David TattersallDirector of Photography
• Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
• Richard Francis-BruceEditor
• Mali FinnCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

December 10, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

3h 9m

Rated

R

Budget

$60,000,000

Revenue

$286,801,374

Genres

Fantasy, Drama, Crime

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