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Andy continues to thrive, helping some of Norton's shadier dealings and helping a young man named Tommy to get an education.  Tommy mentions that he once met the man who really murdered Andy's wife and her lover.  Norton, who does not want to lose Andy's services, has Hadley take Tommy out back and kill him.  Andy talks to Red and decides "it all comes down to a simple choice: either get busy living or get busy dying."  He tells Red if he gets out of prison to go to a field and find a distinctive rock for a message.  He finishes his days work and then goes into his cell with a rope.

Andy continues to thrive, helping some of Norton's shadier dealings and helping a young man named Tommy to get an education.  Tommy mentions that he once met the man who really murdered Andy's wife and her lover.  Norton, who does not want to lose Andy's services, has Hadley take Tommy out back and kill him.  Andy talks to Red and decides "it all comes down to a simple choice: either get busy living or get busy dying."  He tells Red if he gets out of prison to go to a field and find a distinctive rock for a message.  He finishes his days work and then goes into his cell with a rope.

In the morning, Andy has mysteriously escaped in a tunnel through the wall.  Via flashback, we are revealed that Andy used his rock hammer to make a hole in the wall that he covered with several posters over the years.  When Tommy was shot, he decided to make his escape.  He took with him incriminating evidence on Norton and sent it to the authorities.   

In the morning, Andy has mysteriously escaped in a tunnel through the wall.  Via flashback, we are revealed that Andy used his rock hammer to make a hole in the wall that he covered with several posters over the years.  When Tommy was shot, he decided to make his escape.  He took with him incriminating evidence on Norton and sent it to the authorities, while also withdrawing thousands of dollars to begin his new life in [[Zihantanejo, Mexico]] (a town on the Pacific coast).   

Norton discovers Andy's tunnel when a rock thrown at the poster, which Norton had felt was indecent, clatters through and echoes down a tunnel.  As Andy makes his escape to begin his new life, he turns vital information over to the authorities about Norton's underhanded business practices.  As police converge upon the prison, Hadley his arrested and Norton commits suicide.   

Norton discovers Andy's tunnel when a rock thrown at the poster, which Norton had felt was indecent, clatters through and echoes down a tunnel.  As police converge upon the prison, tipped off from Andy's information, Hadley is arrested and Norton commits suicide.   

After several years, Red is released from jail and put on parole.  Just like Brooks, he finds he cannot adjust to life outside jail.  He makes one last trip to the field Andy told him about and finds a letter from Andy telling him he should find him near the Pacific Ocean.  Red makes the journey and finally reaches Andy next to the Pacific in Zihantanejo.

After several years, Red is released from jail and put on parole.  Just like Brooks, he finds he cannot adjust to life outside jail.  He makes one last trip to the field Andy told him about and finds a letter from Andy telling him he should find and join him near the Pacific Ocean.  Red makes the journey and finally reaches Andy next to the Pacific in Zihantanejo.

==Cast==

==Cast==