在妻子突然去世,与两个女儿关系破裂后,约翰·摩尔和他最好的朋友查理·怀尔德决定从纽约长岛骑摩托车到西海岸。在这个现代的西方国家,他们会想起这个国家所提供的美丽,遇到许多有趣的人,面对过去的错误,寻求解脱时,他意外地发现生活就是向前走,一次一英里。。Frightened 19-year-old Marie Allen gets sent to an Illinois penitentiary for being an accomplice in an armed robbery. A sympathetic prison head tries to help, but her efforts are subverted by cruel matron Evelyn Harper. Marie's harsh experiences turn her from doe-eyed innocent to hard-nosed con.。