Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife the night she was murdered.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
D.A.
A screenplay character in The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
- lines
- 22
- words
- 499
- scenes
- 4
- dialogue
- 4.1%
- avg words / line
- 23
- shortest / longest
- 2 / 78
source review flagged 1 dialogue line
Sample dialogue
Ladies and gentlemen, you've heard all the evidence, you know all the facts. We have the accused at the scene of the crime. We have foot prints. Tire tracks. Bullets scattered on the ground which bear his fingerprints. A broken bourbon bottle, likewise with fingerprints. Most of all, we have a beautiful young woman and her lover lying dead in each other's arms. They had sinned. But was their crime so great as to merit a death sentence?
scene 7 — INT -- COURTROOM -- DAY (1946)With what intention?
scene 6 — INT -- COURTROOM -- DAY (1946)The man you had recently discovered was her lover. (Andy nods) Did you follow her?
scene 6 — INT -- COURTROOM -- DAY (1946)I'm sorry, Mr. Dufresne, I don't think the jury heard that.
scene 6 — INT -- COURTROOM -- DAY (1946)I suspect Mr. Dufresne's answer to that would be yes. I further suspect he carried out that sentence on the night of September this year of our Lord, 1946, by pumping four bullets into his wife and another four into Glenn Quentin. And while you think about that, think about this...
scene 7 — INT -- COURTROOM -- DAY (1946)
Bookends
Samuel Norton? We have a warrant for your arrest! Open up!