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 232
Red struggles to keep pace at the Foodway market.
- Scene 233
Red asks permission to use the restroom and realizes prison habits still control him.
- Scene 234
Red walks through Portland, bewildered by the women and traffic.
- Scene 235
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