Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, is condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, prison guard Paul Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs...and yours.