The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Andy examines the hole left behind and weighs the possibility of escape.

Scene 191 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:36 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 191

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 188
Troopers find a muddy prison uniform in the creek.
Scene 189
In an earlier night, Andy’s hammer knocks loose a piece of concrete.
Scene 190
Andy studies the concrete fragment and considers what it means.
Scene 191
This scene

191INT -- ANDY'S CELL -- NIGHT (1949)

Andy lies in the dark, studying the chunk of concrete in his hands. Considering the possibilities. Wrestling with hope.

RED (V.O.)

Andy loved geology. I imagine it

appealed to his meticulous nature.

An ice age here, a million years of

mountain-building there, plates of

bedrock grinding against each other

over a span of millennia...