The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

The district attorney and troopers arrive to arrest Hadley.

Scene 214 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

D.a.
Red

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:43 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 214

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.
Scene 206
After years of preparation, Andy breaks through the sewer pipe and escapes into the storm.
Just before
Scene 211
Norton reads the newspaper report exposing the corruption and murder.
Scene 212
State police race back toward Shawshank.
Scene 213
Norton opens his safe and discovers the real ledger hidden in Andy’s Bible.
Scene 214
This scene

214EXT -- PRISON -- DAY (1966)

Police cruisers everywhere. A media circus. REPORTERS jostle for position. A colorless DISTRICT ATTORNEY steps forward into CLOSEUP, flanked by a contingent of STATE TROOPERS.

D.A.

Byron Hadley?

ANGLE SHIFTS to reveal Captain Hadley. Staring. Waiting.

D.A. (CONT'D)

You have the right to remain

silent.

If you give up that right, anything

you say will be used against you in

court...

TROOPERS move in, cuffing Hadley's hands behind his back. The D.A. drones on. FLASHBULBS POP. Hadley says nothing. His face scrunches up. He begins to cry.

RED (V.O.)

I wasn't there to see it, but I

hear Byron Hadley was sobbing like

a little girl when they took him

away.

Hadley sobs all the way to the car. The D.A. snaps a gaze up toward Norton's window, motions his men to follow.