The Shawshank Redemption is a drama film based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King. The movie follows the story of Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins), a banker who is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Andy is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary, where he befriends fellow inmate Ellis "Red" Redding (played by Morgan Freeman).