The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Norton tells Andy that Hadley killed Tommy during an escape attempt; Andy says he is done.

Scene 166 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Last scene of act two

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:24 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 166

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.
Scenes 31–154
He adapts through Red’s help, builds the library, and slowly earns trust while preparing for freedom.
Scenes 155–156
Tommy reveals that another inmate confessed to the murders, offering Andy a route to prove his innocence.
Just before
Scene 163
Mert leads Tommy outside the gate to meet Norton.
Scene 164
Andy is released from solitary, blinking in the light.
Scene 165
Andy is marched through the prison as inmates stop to watch.
Scene 166
This scene

166INT -- NORTON'S OFFICE -- DAY (1966)

Andy is led in. The door is closed. Alone with Norton. Softly,

NORTON

Terrible thing. Man that young,

less than a year to go, trying to

escape. Broke Captain Hadley's

heart to shoot him, truly it did.

ANDY

I'm done. It stops right now. Get

H&R Block to declare your income.

Norton lunges to his feet, eyes sparkling with rage.

NORTON

Nothing stops! NOTHING!

(tight)

Or you will do the hardest time

there is. No more protection from

the guards. I'll pull you out of

that one-bunk Hilton and put you in

with the biggest bull queer I can

find. You'll think you got fucked

by a train! And the library? Gone!

Sealed off brick by brick! We'll

have us a little book-barbecue in

the yard! They'll see the flames

for miles! We'll dance around it

like wild Indians! Do you

understand me? Are you catching my

drift?

SLOW PUSH IN on Andy's face. Eyes hollow. His beaten expression says it all...