Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American drama movie. The subjects represented in this movie are capital punishment and murder. This was shot near New Orleans, Louisiana. Susan Sarandon plays Sister Helen Prejean and Sean Penn plays a Louisiana inmate on death row. "Dead Man Walking" was well received by the movie critics. The budget was $11 million; it got back $83 million in the box office. This movie was released in December 1995 in the American theaters.