The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red joins Andy as he searches the yard for pebbles, but Andy remains withdrawn.

Scene 167 of 249 · ≈ 3 min on screen · First scene of act three

Andy
Red

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:25 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 167

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.
Scenes 157–166
Norton refuses to help and has Tommy killed, costing Andy the legal hope he had found.
Just before
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
Norton tells Andy that Hadley killed Tommy during an escape attempt; Andy says he is done.
Scene 167
This scene

167EXT -- PRISON YARD -- DAY (1966)

Red finds Andy sitting in the shadow of the high stone wall, poking listlessly through the dust for small pebbles. Red waits for some acknowledgment. Andy doesn't even look up. Red hunkers down and joins him. Nothing is said for the longest time. And then, softly:

ANDY

My wife used to say I'm a hard man

to know. Like a closed book.

Complained about it all the time.

(pause)

She was beautiful. I loved her. But

I guess I couldn't show it enough.

(softly)

I killed her, Red.

Andy finally glances to Red, seeking a reaction. Silence.

ANDY (CONT'D)

I didn't pull the trigger. But I

drove her away. That's why she

died. Because of me, the way I am.

RED

That don't make you a murderer. Bad

husband, maybe.

Andy smiles faintly in spite of himself. Red gives his shoulder a squeeze.

RED (CONT'D)

Feel bad about it if you want. But

you didn't pull the trigger.

ANDY

No. I didn't. Someone else did, and

I wound up here. Bad luck, I guess.

RED

Bad luck? Jesus.

ANDY

It floats around. Has to land on

somebody. Say a storm comes

through. Some folks sit in their

living rooms and enjoy the rain.

The house next door gets torn out

of the ground and smashed flat. It

was my turn, that's all. I was in

the path of the tornado.

(softly)

I just had no idea the storm would

go on as long as it has.

(glances to him)

Think you'll ever get out of here?