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Dead Man Walking is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tim Robbins released in USA on 2 january 1996 with Susan Sarandon

Dead Man Walking (1996)

Dead Man Walking
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Released in USA 2 january 1996
Length 2h2
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating74% 3.748833.748833.748833.748833.74883

Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, and co-produced and directed by Tim Robbins, who adapted the screenplay from the non-fiction book of the same name. Sister Helen Prejean establishes a special relationship with Matthew Poncelet (played by Sean Penn), a prisoner on death row in Louisiana, acting as his spiritual adviser after carrying on correspondence with him.

Synopsis

Matthew Poncelet has been in prison for six years, awaiting his execution by lethal injection for killing a teenage couple. Poncelet, held in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, committed the crimes with a man named Carl Vitello, who received life imprisonment. As the day of his execution comes closer, Poncelet asks Sister Helen, with whom he has corresponded, to help him with a final appeal.

Actors

Susan Sarandon

(Sister Helen Prejean)
Sean Penn

(Matthew Poncelet)
Margo Martindale

(Sister Colleen)
Robert Prosky

(Hilton Barber)
Lois Smith

(Helen's Mother)
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