What Did John Coffey Cough?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. In the movie "The Green Mile", John Coffey heals the prison guard Paul using his special power. He then opens his mouth and hundreds of "flies" appear buzzing away.

What was the stuff that came out of John Coffey's mouth?

What does John Coffey say at the end? The final few lines that come out of Coffey's mouth, seconds before his execution are, "He killed them with their love. That's how it is every day, all over the world".

What disease did Tom Hanks have in Green Mile?

We meet Edgecomb in 1935, the year, he says in a voice-over narration, of the worst urinary tract infection of his life, and the year that John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), moves to the Green Mile. (The movie's title refers to the stretch of green linoleum between the men's cells and the electric chair.)