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.
- Scenes 167–218
Andy escapes with evidence and exposes the warden, returning to the outside world on his own terms.
- Just before
- Scene 218
Norton shoots himself as the officers break into his office.
- Scene 219
Red receives a blank postcard postmarked McNary, Texas.
- Scene 220
Red finds McNary on an atlas and imagines Andy heading south.
- Scene 221
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