The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Tommy struts through the prison as Red describes his cocky reputation.

Scene 139 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:12 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 139

After a banker is wrongly imprisoned for murder, he uses patience, expertise, and friendship to survive Shawshank and build a path to freedom.

Scenes 1–8
Andy’s former life and conviction frame a banker whose apparent control has vanished.
Scenes 9–10
Inside prison, Andy needs a way to survive without surrendering the inner self he is trying to protect.
Scenes 11–30
Andy enters Shawshank and confronts its violence, hierarchy, and rules.
Scene 31
Andy and Red begin the friendship that will carry the film’s argument about hope and connection.
Scene 51
Andy tells Red that prisoners retain an inner life and hope, though Red warns hope can be dangerous.
Scene 112
Andy broadcasts Mozart; the whole prison experiences a brief freedom of mind, revealing what hope can still do.
Just before
Scene 136
The old-timers jeer at Tommy and the other newcomers as they enter.
Scene 137
Tommy and the newcomers are deloused and taunted during intake.
Scene 138
Tommy settles into his cell and jokes with his new cellmate.
Scene 139
This scene

139INT -- PRISON CORRIDOR -- DAY (1965)

DOLLYING Tommy as he struts along, combing his ducktail, cigarette behind his ear. (We definitely need The Coasters or Del Vikings on the soundtrack here. Maybe Jerry Lee Lewis.)

RED (V.O.)

Tommy Williams came to Shawshank in

on a two year stretch for B&E. Cops

caught him sneakin' TV sets out the

back door of a JC Penney.