Tom Hanks' Illness In The Green Mile: Uncovered!

As the green mile reveals that coffey is innocent of the crime he was convicted of, his execution makes a sad ending for the 1999 movie that still has an impact decades later. Written and directed by frank darabont, and based on stephen king's 1996 novel of the same name, the green mile starred tom hanks as a death row prison guard during the great depression named paul edgecomb who experiences supernatural events after the inscrutable. And hanks worried that too. When del is killed in the film version of the green mile, its certainly twisted and hard to watch moment. The agony and torture of the scene would make any viewer recoil, but.