The Green Mile

The Green Mile is a moving account of a prison guard and his relationship with a death row inmate that takes place in the 1930's. told in flashback, the story is that of a giant (6' 5" and 315lbs) of a blackman ( Michael Clarke Duncan) found with two little dead white girls in his arms mumbling incoherently. Wrongfully accused of murdering the girls, he is assigned to Death Row to await his death sentence.

While on Death row, the gentle giant exhibits strange healing powers by curing a guard (Tom Hanks) of a urinary tract infection by laying hands on him and drawing out the poison. Throughout his stay on the cell block, he continues to use his amazing supernatural powers while developing a relationship with this guard and fellow inmates.

The viewer is drawn into the lives of the prisoners and guards initiating thought provoking emotions concering the death penalty.