The Green Mile

The Green Mile (1999)

1999-12-10 · 189 min · Rating 8.50/10 (19026 votes)

Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.

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.

Crime Drama Fantasy

Keywords

1930s abuse of power based on novel or book capital punishment cruel death penalty death row electric chair great depression healing jail jail guard magic realism mentally disabled prison guard psychopath southern usa supernatural torture