The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

A passing train crosses the bleak night outside Shawshank.

Scene 17 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 14 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 17

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.
Scene 11
Andy crosses Shawshank’s gate and enters the prison system that will define his life.
Just before
Scene 14
The naked newcomers sit in the chapel as the chaplain recites scripture.
Scene 15
Andy and the other newcomers enter Cellblock Five amid taunts from the inmates.
Scene 16
Alone in his cell, Andy dresses and takes in his confinement.
Scene 17
This scene

17EXT -- SHAWSHANK PRISON -- NIGHT (1947)

A malignant stone growth on the Maine landscape. The moon hangs low and baleful in a dead sky. The headlight of a PASSING TRAIN cuts through the night.