The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Andy’s hammer breaks through into the shaft; he peers down from the opening.

Scene 195 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:37 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 195

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 192
Years later, Andy chips at the wall behind Rita Hayworth’s poster.
Scene 193
Andy carries the removed concrete into the exercise yard in his pockets.
Scene 194
A guard checks Andy’s cell at night without noticing the hidden tunnel.
Scene 195
This scene

195INT -- 2ND TIER -- NIGHT (1962)

A GUARD strolls the tier, shining his flashlight into the cells. He pauses at Andy's bars, playing the beam over the sleeping form huddled under the blankets. p37 REVERSE ANGLE (FROM INS1DE ANDY'S CELL) 237 We see what the guard doesn't: instead of Andy's head under the blanket, it's a wadded-up pillow. The flashlight plays across the cell, pinning Marilyn Monroe in a circle of light.

ANGLE FROM BEHIND POSTER

The light illuminates her face through the paper. WIDEN to reveal Andy lying in his tunnel, holding his breath. The light clicks off. The FOOTSTEPS move on. He gets back to work.

RED (V.O.)

While the rest of us slept, Andy

spent years workin' the

nightshift...