The Real Villain in Shawshank Redemption

In Shawshank Redemption, King went above and beyond in the villain department. The story has some of the most memorable villains in all of film, each uniquely detestable in his own way.

There's the inmate Boggs, who attacks and rapes Andy (before he meets his own unwelcome fate). There's Byron Hadley, the sadist guard who kills an inmate during his first night in prison when he can't stop crying. And there's Warden Norton, the Bible-quoting administrator of Shawshank who uses Andy to run his corrupt prison schemes.

But one "villain" outshines them all.