The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red is sent to solitary for laughing during the search.

Scene 185 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:35 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 185

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.
Scene 176
The morning count reveals Andy is gone, confirming that the hidden plan worked.
Just before
Scene 182
Rory crawls through the tunnel toward the vertical shaft.
Scene 183
Rory reaches the dark shaft and panics at the drop.
Scene 184
The cellblock hears Rory vomiting and Red breaks into laughter.
Scene 185
This scene

185INT -- ANDY'S CELL -- DAY (1966)

Red and others listen to violent barfing from below.

RED (V.O.)

And then came the unmistakable

sound of Rory Tremont losing his

last few meals. The whole cellblock

heard it. I mean, it echoed.

That's it for Red. He starts laughing. Laughing, hell, he's bellowing laughter, laughing so hard he has to hold himself, laughing so hard tears are pouring down his cheeks. The look of rage on Norton's face makes him laugh all the harder.