Tommy quotes from The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Tommy

Big twitchy ****er. Kind of roomie you pray you don't get. You know what I'm sayin'? 6 to 12 for armed burglary. Said he pulled hundreds of jobs...So one night like a joke, I say to him, I say, 'Yeah, Elmo? Who'd you kill?' So he says...

I got me this job one time busin' tables at a country club. So I could case all these big rich pricks that come in. So I pick out this guy, go in one night and do his place. He wakes up and gives me shit. So I killed him. Him and this tasty bitch he was with. That's the best part. She's ****in' this prick, see, this golf pro, but she's married to some other guy! Some hotshot banker. And he's the one they pinned it on.

Floyd

A month in the hole. That's longest damn stretch I ever heard of.

Tommy

It's all my fault.

Ellis

Oh, bullshit. You didn't pull the trigger, and you certainly didn't convict him.

Heywood

Ellis, are you saying that Andy is innocent? I mean, for real innocent?

Ellis

Well, it looks that way.

Heywood

Sweet Jesus. How long has he been here now?

Ellis

1947. What is that, nineteen years?

Heywood

Nineteen years...

Tommy, I'm asking you to keep this conversation just between us. I feel awkward enough as it is. We got a situation here. I think you can appreciate that.

Tommy

Yes, sir. I sure can.

I tell you, son, this thing really came along and knocked my wind out. It's got me up nights; that's the truth. The right thing to do, sometimes it's hard to know what that is. Do you understand? I need your help, son. If I'm going to move on this, there can't be the least little shred of doubt. I have to know if what you told Dufresne was the truth.

Tommy

Yes, sir. Absolutely.

Would you be willing to swear before a judge and jury, having placed your hand on the Good Book and taken an oath before Almighty God himself?

Tommy

Just give me that chance.

That's what I thought. [signals to Hadley in the watchtower, who shoots Tommy]