The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red tells the men that Andy sounds suicidal and they worry about him.

Scene 168 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

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Begins 1:28 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 168

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 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
Red joins Andy as he searches the yard for pebbles, but Andy remains withdrawn.
Scene 168
This scene

168INT -- MESS HALL -- DAY (1966)

RED

I tell you, the man was talkin'

crazy. I'm worried, I truly am.

SKEET

We ought to keep an eye on him.

ZIGGER

That's fine, during the day. But at

night he's got that cell all to

himself.

HEYWOOD

Oh Lord. Andy come down to the

loading dock today. Asked me for a

length of rope. Six foot long.

SNOOZE

Shit! You gave it to him?

HEYWOOD

Sure I did. I mean why wouldn't I?

FLOYD

Christ! Remember Brooks Hatlen?

HEYWOOD

How the hell was I s'pose to know?

ZIGGER

Andy'd never do that. Never.

They all look to Red.

RED

Every man's got a breaking point.