In The Green Mile (1999), what supernatural ability does John Coffey display?

In The Green Mile (1999), John Coffey displays the supernatural ability to heal illness and injury.

Coffey is a physically imposing prisoner on death row who is convicted of murdering two young girls. Despite his frightening appearance and conviction, he behaves gently and demonstrates extraordinary compassion. He heals the prison officer Paul Edgecomb’s urinary infection and later restores the life of a mouse.

The film is based on Stephen King’s serialized novel The Green Mile, published in six parts in 1996. Frank Darabont wrote and directed the adaptation, which keeps the story’s mixture of prison drama, moral questioning, and supernatural events.

John Coffey’s initials are sometimes interpreted as “J.C.”, but the film does not present his powers as a simple religious identity. His abilities remain mysterious and are connected to the story’s themes of suffering, mercy, and injustice. Michael Clarke Duncan played Coffey, while Tom Hanks played Edgecomb.