The story follows Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a successful banker who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Sentenced to two life terms at the grim Shawshank State Penitentiary, Andy enters a world of corruption, violence, and despair. He eventually befriends Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), a long-term inmate and the prison's "man who knows how to get things". Over two decades, Andy uses his financial expertise to help the corrupt Warden Norton (Bob Gunton) and the guards, all while secretly nurturing a plan to reclaim his freedom. Go Into The Story Key Themes & Performances
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