根据长篇小说《红岩》改编。 影片围绕许云峰、江姐两位人物的斗争活动展开故事，描写了严酷的地下革命斗争和狱中斗争的情景，以及身陷囹圄的共产党人忠贞不渝的革命信念和宁死不屈的献身精神。影片还浮雕般地向观众推出英雄的群像：许云峰、江姐、华子良等，为伟大而不屈的共产党人谱写了一曲正气歌。

It was adapted in accordance to the river novel Red Rock The film took the fighting activities of Xu Yunfeng and Sister Jiang as the core and described the scene of the severe revolutionary struggle underground as well as in the prison. It also indicated that the communists, though in danger, were unswervingly in their loyalty in revolution and rather die than submit.