The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red sees blood where Hadley beat Fat-Ass and recalls that Andy cost him a bet.

Scene 25 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 16 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 25

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.
Scene 11
Andy crosses Shawshank’s gate and enters the prison system that will define his life.
Just before
Scene 22
Fat-Ass cries as Heywood threatens him with sexual violence.
Scene 23
Heywood celebrates winning his bet that Fat-Ass would break first.
Scene 24
Fat-Ass screams for home as the cellblock joins in the “fresh fish” chant.
Scene 25
This scene

25INT -- RED'S CELL -- NIGHT (1947)

Red stares through the bars at the main floor below, eyes riveted to the small puddle of blood where Fat-Ass went down.

RED (V.O.)

His first night in the joint, Andy

Dufresne cost me two packs of

cigarettes. He never made a

sound...