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Five Clues • One Movie • Daily
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Plot-hole #1 · March 20, 2026
Hint 1 — One-word hint
"Perseverance"
Hint 2 — The Setup
A place where men live in a rigid system with no way out.
Hint 3 — The Character
A quiet, thoughtful man who does not belong there.
Hint 4 — The Conflict
He slowly works toward freedom over many years.
Hint 5 — The Twist
He crawls through a sewer pipe to escape.
Final hint (names names)
The movie is set in a prison called Shawshank.
The answer
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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