The+Shawshank+Redemption


 * The Shawshank Redemption** is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman

Adapted from the [|Stephen King] [|novella] //[|Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption]//, the film portrays the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who spends nearly two decades in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of being innocent. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis "Red" Redding, and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money laundering operation.