Dead Man Walking
- Drama
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.
- Directed by
- Tim Robbins
- Written by
- Tim Robbins
- Based on
- Helen Prejean
Cast
- Susan Sarandon
Sean Penn- Robert Prosky
Raymond J. Barry
R. Lee Ermey- Celia Weston
- Lois Smith
- Scott Wilson
- Roberta Maxwell
Margo Martindale
Barton Heyman- Steve Boles
Keywords
- depressing
- therapist
- bitter
- prison
- prison cell
- incredulous
- court case
- rage and hate
- dreary
- angry
- death penalty
- death row
- court
- cowardliness
- rape
- catholic
- self-discovery
- forgiveness
- right and justice
- unsociability
- nun
- doomed man
- death sentence
- penalty
- despair
- socially deprived family
- lethal injection
- sentence
- charity
- mercy petition