Rollebesetning

• Tim Robbins — Andy Dufresne
• Morgan Freeman — Ellis Boyd
• Clancy Brown — Captain Byron T. Hadley
• Robert Haley — 1954 Food-Way Manager
• Mark Rolston — Bogs Diamond
• James Whitmore — Brooks Hatlen
• Gil Bellows — Tommy
• William Sadler — Heywood
• Jeffrey DeMunn — 1946 D.A.
• Jude Ciccolella — Guard Mert
• Paul McCrane — Guard Trout
• Gary Lee Davis — Rooster
• Ned Bellamy — Guard Youngblood
• Don McManus — Guard Wiley
• Rohn Thomas — Bugle Editor
• Brian Brophy — 1967 Parole Hearings Man
• V.J. Foster — Hungry Fish Con
• Scott Mann — Glenn Quentin
• Neil Summers — Pete
• Neil Giuntoli — Jigger
• Larry Brandenburg — Skeet
• Ken Magee — Ned Grimes
• Joseph Ragno — Ernie
• John Horton — 1946 Judge
• Gordon Greene — 1947 Parole Hearings Man
• Frank Medrano — Fat Ass
• Dion Anderson — Head Bull Haig
• David Proval — Snooze
• Brian Libby — Floyd
• Bob Gunton — Warden Samuel Norton
• Bill Bolender — Elmo Blatch
• Alfonso Freeman — Fresh Fish Con