Cruel Train vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 3.3/10 for Cruel Train). Cruel Train is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 1995). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cruel Train
The Shawshank Redemption| Cruel Train | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 3.3/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Malcolm McKay | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Minnie Driver, Richard Ridings, David Suchet, Gerard Horan, Alec McCowen | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Cruel Train
In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a child by the Chairman of the Line, also her godfather. With her assistance, Ruben plots murder on the Brighton Express.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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