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{{quote|''"This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain. And the electric chair was there too, of course."''|'''Paul Edgecombe'''}}
'''''The Green Mile''''' is a 1996 dramatic novel by [[Stephen King]]
The year was 1932. John Coffey, a [[Gentle Giant]] black man, has been condemned to die by the electric chair for the raping and killing of two young girls. What follows is a supernatural journey that not only reveals Coffey's wondrous powers and proves he didn't do the crime: but [[Downer Ending|still does the time]], but changes the lead guard's life forever.
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Eventually made into [[The Green Mile (film)|a movie]] in 1999, directed by Frank Darabont, who also directed ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', and starring [[Tom Hanks]].
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Neither ''Allen's Alley'' nor ''Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge'' had premiered in 1932. King acknowledges this in the afterword.
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