*That don't make you a murderer.

    由于瑞德也没有什么文化，所以在这句话中犯了一个语法错误：把“doesn't”用成了“don't”。

    *two or three marbles rolling around upstairs

    这个句子由相关的典故和俚语转换而来，在影片中是指“老糊涂”的意思。

    5 假释通过

    多次假释申请都没有通过的瑞德已经心灰意冷了，所以对新的一轮假释听证丝毫不抱任何希望，或许是因为看破一切的态度打动了假释官，或许是现在的假释官不再那么苛刻，瑞德获得了通过的印章。

    Parole hearing man: Please sit down. Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. You feel you've been rehabilitated?

    Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. ......