Mrs. Soffel
Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 American drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson and based on the story of condemned brothers Jack and Ed Biddle, who escaped prison with the aid of Kate Soffel, the warden's wife.
Plot
Kate Soffel is the wife of a Pittsburgh prison warden in 1901. They have four children. After several months of being sick in bed for no discernible reason, she suddenly regains her strength. She visits inmates to read Bible scripture to them and meets Ed Biddle and his brother Jack, robbers who were sentenced to death for the murder of a robbery victim. Kate is immediately fascinated with Ed and the attraction seems to be mutual. Ed insists that he and Jack did not commit the murder they were convicted for, that it was, rather, an accomplice of theirs.
More details
| author | Ron Nyswaner |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Pittsburgh |
| director | Gillian Armstrong |
| editor | Nicholas Beauman |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | abandon break in burn capture christmas crisis of conscience elderly couple escape attempt follow freighthop freighthopping one night police detective posse posse comitatus prison warden spring steal surround |
| musicBy | Mark Isham |
| producer | Edgar J. Scherick Scott Rudin |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists |
| theme | prison |