Dead Man Walking (1995)

Movie Details

Original Title Dead Man Walking

Original Language EN

Budget $11,000,000

Revenue $39,363,635

Status Released

Popularity 1.7

Cast

Susan Sarandon

Sister Helen Prejean

Popularity: 4.5

Sean Penn

Matthew Poncelet

Popularity: 3.4

Robert Prosky

Hilton Barber

Popularity: 1.4

Raymond J. Barry

Earl Delacroix

Popularity: 1.1

R. Lee Ermey

Clyde Percy

Popularity: 1.6

Celia Weston

Mary Beth Percy

Popularity: 3.1

Lois Smith

Helen's Mother

Popularity: 1.7

Scott Wilson

Chaplain Farley

Popularity: 3.5

Roberta Maxwell

Lucille Poncelet

Popularity: 1.5

Margo Martindale

Sister Colleen

Popularity: 5.1

Barton Heyman

Captain Beliveau

Popularity: 1.5

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Steve Boles

Sgt. Neal Trapp

Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Producer Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins, Rudd Simmons

Director Tim Robbins

Executive Producer Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Editor Ray Hubley, Lisa Zeno Churgin

Writer Tim Robbins

Production

Havoc

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Working Title Films

Videos & Trailers

Visiting the Victim's Parents

Clip

The Convict's Mother

Clip

Sister Helen Meets The Prisoner

Clip

Official Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

prison death penalty right and justice rape rage and hate unsociability court case court nun penalty therapist sentence forgiveness self-discovery despair prison cell socially deprived family death row doomed man death sentence

Reviews from TMDB

Peter McGinn 9/10

Sep 16, 2020

This is a terrific movie, with dramatic power and a balanced look at the issue of capital punishment. It is based on a true story written and lived by a nun, Sister Helen Prejean though, as usually happens, the story is modified to fit the needs of a dramatic movie. For example, the two inmates she ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 9/10

Mar 13, 2023

**A very human film that is solidly based on the performance of the two main actors and on the discussion around the death penalty.** There are certain films that are made to play with our feelings and with what we consider to be divisive themes. Films about the death penalty almost always do so ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

May 25, 2025

Susan Sarandon is on super form here as the conflicted nun who is tasked with offering some spiritual support to a man (Sean Penn) on death row convicted of the most brutal rape and murder of a young woman and the killing of her boyfriend. With him protesting his innocence and appeals flying about a ... Read more