Floyd: Takin' bets today, Red? Red: Smokes or coins, better's choice. Floyd: Smokes. Put me down for two. Red: All right, who's your horse? Floyd: That little sack o' shit. Eighth, eighth from the front. He'll be first. Heywood: Aw, bullshit. I'll ca...
Heywood: It's a fine morning, ain't it? You know why it's a fine morning, don't ya? Come on, set 'em down. I want 'em all lined up, just like a pretty little chorus line. [the cons pull out cigarettes and hand them over to Heywood, who lines them up ...
Heywood: Red? You saying Andy's innocent? I mean *for real* innocent? Red: Yeah, it looks that way. Heywood: Sweet Jesus. How long's he been in here? Red: Since '47, what is that... 19 years.
[Tommy receives a letter from the Board of Education] Red: You gonna open it, or stand there with your thumb up your butt? Tommy Williams: Thumb up my butt sounds better.
Heywood: [sizing up the new inmates] I ain't seen such a sorry lookin' heap o' maggot shit in all my life.
Head Bull Haig: Dufresne? Get your ass out here boy, you're holding up the show! [no answer] Head Bull Haig: Don't make me come down there or I'll thump your skull for you! [Still no answer. Glaring, Haig stalks down the tier, clipboard in hand. His ...
Captain Hadley: So this big shot lawyer calls me long distance from Texas. I say "Yeah?" He says, "Sorry to inform you, but your brother just died." Guard Mert: Oh damn, Byron, I'm sorry to hear that. Captain Hadley: I'm not, he was an asshole. Ran o...
[Boggs sizes Andy up] Boggs: Hey, anybody come at you yet? Anybody get to you yet? [Andy looks at him in puzzlement] Boggs: Hey, we all need friends in here. I could be a friend to you. [Andy walks away] Boggs: Hey... Hard to get. I like that...
Red: [narrating] But then, in the spring of 1949, the powers that be decided that... Warden Samuel Norton: The roof of the license-plate factory needs resurfacing. I need a dozen volunteers for a week's work. As you know, special detail carries with ...
Andy Dufresne: I understand you're a man who knows how to get things.
Warden Samuel Norton: Do you enjoy working in the laundry? Andy Dufresne: No sir, not especially.
Captain Hadley: On your feet!
Red: Get busy living or get busy dying. That's goddamn right!
