<P> In Maine 1948 , Andy Dufresne , a banker , is tried and convicted for the double murder of his wife and her lover , despite his claims of innocence . He is sent to Shawshank State Penitentiary to serve a double life sentence . There , he meets Red , a prisoner who smuggles items from the outside world . Andy , who had been an amateur geologist before being jailed , asks Red to get him a rock hammer for shaping rocks he collects from the exercise yard into small sculptures . One of the next items he orders from Red is a large poster of Rita Hayworth . Over the ensuing years , Andy regularly requests more posters from Red , including pin - ups of Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch . When asked , Andy tells Red that he likes to imagine he can step through the pictures and be with the actresses . </P>
<P> In Maine 1948 , Andy Dufresne , a banker , is tried and convicted for the double murder of his wife and her lover , despite his claims of innocence . He is sent to Shawshank State Penitentiary to serve a double life sentence . There , he meets Red , a prisoner who smuggles items from the outside world . Andy , who had been an amateur geologist before being jailed , asks Red to get him a rock hammer for shaping rocks he collects from the exercise yard into small sculptures . One of the next items he orders from Red is a large poster of Rita Hayworth . Over the ensuing years , Andy regularly requests more posters from Red , including pin - ups of Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch . When asked , Andy tells Red that he likes to imagine he can step through the pictures and be with the actresses . </P>
who was the girl on the poster in shawshank redemption
who was the girl on the poster in shawshank redemption
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth