The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

The men search the prison for Andy as evening count approaches.

Scene 169 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:28 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 169

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 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Red joins Andy as he searches the yard for pebbles, but Andy remains withdrawn.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
Red tells the men that Andy sounds suicidal and they worry about him.
Scene 169
This scene

169EXT -- PRISON YARD -- ANGLE ON P.A. -- DUSK (1966)

VOICE (OVER P.A.)

Report to your cellblocks for

evening count.

BOOM DOWN to Red and the boys. Convicts drift past them.

FLOYD

Where the hell is he?

HEYWOOD

Probably still up in the warden's.

TOWER GUARD

(via bullhorn)

YOU MEN! YOU HEAR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT

OR ZUST TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND?

SKEET

Christ. What do we do?

FLOYD

Nothing we can do. Not tonight.

HEYWOOD

Let's pull him aside tomorrow, all

of us. Have a word with him. Ain't

that right, Red?

RED

(unconvinced)

Yeah. Sure. That's right.