About the title
Shawshank is the name of a prison. And if you're not yet 30 and you're sentenced to life, prepare for the worst: there's no way out of Shawshank for you! The actress Rita Hayworth is a favorite across all of America. Andy Dufresne liked her very much too. Rita never knew Andy existed, yet she still ended up saving the life of Dufresne, a former vice president of a major bank convicted of murdering his wife and her lover.