一场谋杀案使银行家安迪（蒂姆•罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰）蒙冤入狱，谋杀妻子及其情人的指控将囚禁他终生。在肖申克监狱的首次现身就让监狱“大哥”瑞德（摩根•弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）对他另眼相看。瑞德帮助他搞到一把石锤和一幅女明星海报，两人渐成患难 之交。很快，安迪在监狱里大显

A hit and run of an 18 year old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist , a raging mother, a cop and a syste