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.


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Tom Hanks
Paul Edgecomb

Michael Clarke Duncan
John Coffey

David Morse
Brutus "Brutal" Howell

Bonnie Hunt
Jan Edgecomb

Michael Jeter
Eduard Delacroix

Doug Hutchison
Percy Wetmore

Sam Rockwell
'Wild Bill' Wharton

James Cromwell
Warden Hal Moores

Barry Pepper
Dean Stanton
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