The source book is fairly brief and tells the story from Red's point of view, here is a synopsis from an older thread that may help you.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/board/nest/232226068
Now, think a bit about your concerns and at the same time think about other works of fiction. The author obviously made up everything, and in his mind it is all plausible. But for Shawshank the value of the movie doesn't hinge on the plausibility of the escape nor the plausibility of visiting the various banks before leaving town. Those are just mechanisms for moving the core story forward, namely Andy's incarceration, his positive effect on the prison and the inmates, and his eventual escape from an unjust conviction. From my POV it isn't productive to get caught up in such things as whether you could expect a prisoner in that prison to escape the way we see him escape.
We all saw the movie, we all saw that he indeed did it. It was difficult, and it required a number of things to happen just right, but it worked!
..*.. TxMike ..*..
Take a risk, Take a chance, Make a change. Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
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