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★ 7.3 Rating•122 min•1995
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Overview
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
Cast
Susan Sarandon
Sister Helen Prejean
Sean Penn
Matthew Poncelet
Robert Prosky
Hilton Barber
Raymond J. Barry
Earl Delacroix
R. Lee Ermey
Clyde Percy
Celia Weston
Mary Beth Percy
Lois Smith
Helen's Mother
Scott Wilson
Chaplain Farley
Roberta Maxwell
Lucille Poncelet
Margo Martindale
Sister Colleen
Barton Heyman
Captain Beliveau
N/A
Steve Boles
Sgt. Neal Trapp
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Details
StatusReleased
Release DateDecember 29, 1995
Budget$11,000,000
Revenue$39,363,635
GenresDrama
Keywords
prisondeath penaltyright and justiceraperage and hateunsociabilitycourt casecourtnunpenaltytherapistsentenceforgivenessself-discoverydespairprison cellsocially deprived familydeath rowdoomed mandeath sentencelethal injectioncharitymercy petitioncowardlinesscatholicangrydrearyincredulousdepressingbittercalloushorrified
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