The Shawshank Redemption Author: Stephen King (Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption) Screenwriter: Frank Darabont Director: Frank Darabont Cast Tim Robbins Andy Dufresne Morgan Freeman Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding Bob Gunton Warden Samuel Norton William Sadler Heywood Clancy Brown Captain Byron Hadley Gil Bellows Tommy Williams Mark Rolston Bogs Diamond James Whitmore Brooks Hatlen Tagline Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. A Castle Rock Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Corporation production Released by Columbia Pictures