seeks help for Melinda Moores’s brain tumor

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"Seeks help for Melinda Moores’s brain tumor" refers to the pivotal storyline in Stephen King’s novel (and its film adaptation) *The Green Mile* in which Warden Hal Moores desperately turns to death-row guard Paul Edgecombe and the miraculous inmate John Coffey to save his gravely ill wife.

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instanceOf fictionalStoryline ⓘ
plotEvent ⓘ
adaptedIn The Green Mile (1999 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToGenre prisonDrama ⓘ
supernaturalDrama ⓘ
centralConflict savingMelindaMoores’sLife ⓘ
hasCauseInStory Melinda Moores’s inoperable brain tumor ⓘ
hasFilmReleaseYear 1999 ⓘ
hasMedium film ⓘ
novel ⓘ
hasNarrativeFunction deepensBondBetweenPaulEdgecombeAndJohnCoffey ⓘ
revealsJohnCoffey’sFullPowers ⓘ
testsMoralLimitsOfPrisonGuards ⓘ
hasTheme compassion ⓘ
deathRow ⓘ
miraculousHealing ⓘ
moralDilemma ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
supernaturalPowers ⓘ
hasWorkAuthor Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWorkPublicationYear 1996 ⓘ
helpRequestedFromCharacter John Coffey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Edgecombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
initiatedByCharacter Hal Moores NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesCharacter Hal Moores NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Coffey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melinda Moores NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Edgecombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesLocation Cold Mountain Penitentiary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hal Moores’s house ⓘ
involvesSupernaturalAbility John Coffey’shealingTouch ⓘ
isKeyTurningPointIn The Green MilePlot ⓘ
occursDuring GreatDepressionEraSetting ⓘ
partOf The Green Mile NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Green Mile (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedByActorInFilm James Cromwell as Hal Moores NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patricia Clarkson as Melinda Moores NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedesEvent John Coffey’sExecution NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Edgecombe’sLifelongGuilt NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultsIn John CoffeyhealsMelindaMoores ⓘ
temporaryTransferOfTumorToJohnCoffey ⓘ

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Warden Hal Moores → hasMajorPlotPoint → seeks help for Melinda Moores’s brain tumor ⓘ