The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is the 1994 feature film adaptation of the short story Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption written by Stephen King. The film focuses on the friendship that develops over twenty years between two prison inmates: "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), a hardened "lifer" and Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a former banker who says he was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife and her lover. While nominated for seven Academy Awards, "Shawshank" was not a financial success at the time of its theatrical release, but has since developed a much beloved status upon its subsequent viewings on cable and video outlets. The Shawshank Redemption was directed by Frank Darabont, who would go on to adapt and direct two more of Stephen King's works for film: 1999's The Green Mile and 2007's The Mist. In 2015, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress.
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=Handguns=
==Colt Detective Special==
At the film's beginning, Andrew "Andy" Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is seen loading a Colt Detective Special while in a drunken state. During the trial for killing his cheating wife and her lover, he says he didn't do it, but threw the gun in the river, ruining his chance of proving his gun wasn't used to commit the crime. The Colt is a first-generation Detective Special based on the grip design and the round front sight.
==Colt Police Positive==
The District Attorney (Jeffrey DeMunn) that questions Dufresne shows the jury a revolver for props effect, which is a Colt Police Positive in .38 caliber. Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman) also sees a Colt Police Positive in a pawn shop window.
==Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snubnose==
Warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton) pulls out a Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver with a 2" barrel from the desk drawer in his office. He loads up the gun and is seen pointing it at the door.
==Smith & Wesson Model 19==
One of the guns "Red" (Morgan Freeman) sees in the pawn shop is a Smith & Wesson Model 19.
==Colt M1911A1==
One of the guns "Red" (Morgan Freeman) sees in the pawn shop is a Colt M1911A1.
==Smith & Wesson Model 15==
One of the guns "Red" sees in the pawn shop is a Smith & Wesson Model 15.
=Shotguns=
==Winchester Model 12==
Several of the guards at Shawshank are armed with Winchester Model 12 shotguns.
=Rifles=
==Winchester Model 1894==
Other Shawshank guards are seen armed with Winchester Model 1894 rifles.
==M14==
Captain Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown) is armed with an M14 Rifle fitted with a scope when Tommy Williams (Gil Bellows) tries to tell the prison warden that he knew the man who really killed Dufresne's wife and her lover. It is not likely an M21, since prisons aren't usually outfitted with Marine sniper weaponry. Close inspection of the rifle reveals that it lacks the fire control selector lug on actual M14s (and M21s), though the stock does have the selector lug notch, indicating it is actually a civilian variant in a U.S.G.I. M14 stock. Given the M14 and M21 rifles were in frontline service with the U.S. Military at the time this scene takes place, it is doubtful they would be issued to guards in some prison in New England.
thumb|none|450px|Hudson M14 with riflescope - 7.62x51mm NATO
==M1 Carbine==
One of the police officers searching for Dufresne after he escapes from prison is armed with an M1 Carbine.
=Submachine Guns=
==M1928 Thompson==
A Shawshank guard is seen with an M1928 Thompson when the new inmates are driven in.
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