影片由家喻户晓的科恩兄弟导演，电影原声大碟获得第44届格莱美最佳年度专辑大奖。
30年代初，密西西比州荒野的监狱里，唠唠叨叨、油嘴滑舌的艾弗瑞特（乔治·克鲁尼 George Clooney 饰）整天打着各种逃跑的鬼主意。在成功说服了狱友——头脑简单的德尔玛（蒂姆·布雷克 ·尼尔森 Tim Blake Nelson 饰）和贼大胆的皮特（约翰·特托罗 John Turturro 饰）之后，艾弗瑞特的越狱大计终于得以实现，三个穿着犯人服、拖着手铐、脚镣的罪犯叮叮当当地踏上了通往自由之路。据艾弗瑞特说，在密西西比河边还埋藏有一大笔赃款赃物。
逃亡途中，他们不仅要对付各种各样令人棘手的突发事件，还要与追捕他们的执法官库利斗智斗勇。这个锲而不舍的家伙发誓要把这三个“脱网之鱼”送回监狱。这一路上意外不断，状况百出，究竟他们能否获得真正的自由？
Two hapless kidnappers tasked with what appears to be a simple job find out that it's anything but, and end up in the middle of a political conspiracy.
Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re, former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage. Pooling their limited resources, they hit the road together by coach, ferry, car and foot in a race to get to the...
The Tsar is having his daughter Zabava marry a charmingly handsome and a handsomely charming Paul, a rich heir and a foreign fancy pants. However, it's a bit of a challenge, since Zabava wants a marriage of love, not of calculation. Her unexpected encounter with sailor Ivan, a simpleton yet an honest and endearing guy, messes up Paul's plans of snatching the crown. Deeply in lo...
