一起看似简单的自杀案, 背后隐藏着一个不可告人的巨大秘密; 为了揭开这个秘密, 一群人历经七载, 付出无数代价, 甚至赌上性命……一个曾有大好前途，四平八稳的检察官江阳，但因受贿贪污，坐牢三年，再次出现在公众视野里竟是他出现在行李箱里的蜷缩的尸体；运送他尸体的当地著名律师张超。此案引发全市关注，刑警严良介入负责此案，与张超正面交锋。张超承认犯罪，却在接受法院宣判时当场翻供，并拿出不在场证据，案件陷入死局。

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.