It was Tim Robbins’ Andy Dufresne who pulled off the big screen’s most famous prison break, the wrongly jailed innocent man who “crawled through a river of s*** and came out clean on the other side”.
But it was Morgan Freeman and that famous voice, deep and calming, instantly recognisable, who told his story.
Almost 30 years since its release, The Shawshank Redemption is still widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, pipping The Godfather to the number one position in movie database IMDB’s rankings.
The actor is back behind bars to narrate real-life prison breaks in Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman. Pic: A&E Television Networks/Sky HISTORY
Pictured with Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption. Morgan says they have remained good friends. Pic: Snap/Shutterstock
In an era of reboots, remakes and revivals, prequels and sequels and spin-offs, the story of what happened to Dufresne and Freeman’s character Red after…
