
189 minutes
12/10/1999
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
as Paul Edgecomb

David Morse
as Brutus 'Brutal' Howell

Bonnie Hunt
as Jan Edgecomb

Michael Clarke Duncan
as John Coffey

James Cromwell
as Warden Hal Moores

Michael Jeter
as Eduard Delacroix

Graham Greene
as Arlen Bitterbuck

Doug Hutchison
as Percy Wetmore

Sam Rockwell
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton

Barry Pepper
as Dean Stanton

Jeffrey DeMunn
as Harry Terwilliger

Patricia Clarkson
as Melinda Moores

Harry Dean Stanton
as Toot-Toot

Dabbs Greer
as Old Paul Edgecomb

Eve Brent
as Elaine Connelly

William Sadler
as Klaus Detterick

Mack Miles
as Orderly Hector
Rai Tasco
as Man in Nursing Home
Edrie Warner
as Lady in Nursing Home

Paula Malcomson
as Marjorie Detterick
Christopher Joel Ives
as Howie Detterick
Evanne Drucker
as Kathe Detterick
Bailey Drucker
as Cora Detterick

Brian Libby
as Sheriff McGee

Brent Briscoe
as Bill Dodge

Bill McKinney
as Jack Van Hay

Gary Sinise
as Burt Hammersmith

Rachel Singer
as Cynthia Hammersmith

Scotty Leavenworth
as Hammersmith's Son
Katelyn Leavenworth
as Hammersmith's Daughter
Bill Gratton
as Earl the Plumber

Dee Croxton
as Woman at Del's Execution

Rebecca Klingler
as Wife at Del's Execution

Gary Imhoff
as Husband at Del's Execution

Van Epperson
as Police Officer
David E. Browning
as Reverend at Funeral

Tommy Barnes
as Tower Guard (uncredited)
Wes Hall
as Prisoner (uncredited)

Phil Hawn
as Police Photographer (uncredited)

Judy Herrera
as Bitterbuck's Daughter (uncredited)
Gower Mills
as Inmate (uncredited)
Garth Shaw
as Inmate (uncredited)

Jared Stovall
as Inmate (uncredited)

Todd Thompson
as Prison Guard (uncredited)