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Mrs. Soffel
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6.0Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.
Released: 1984-12-26112 minDir: Gillian ArmstrongDrama, RomanceBudget: $11.0MBox office: $4.4M
Cast
- Diane Keaton as Kate Soffel
- Mel Gibson as Ed Biddle
- Matthew Modine as Jack Biddle
- Edward Herrmann as Warden Peter Soffel
- Trini Alvarado as Irene Soffel
- Jennifer Dundas as Margaret Soffel
Themes
- prison
- prison warden
- based on true story
- prison escape
- fugitive
- family abandonment
- child abandonment
- posse
- woman director
- pittsburgh, pennsylvania
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Gillian Armstrong
- Screenwriter
- Ron Nyswaner
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Producer
- Scott Rudin
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Russell Boyd
- Narrative location
- Pittsburgh
- Duration
- 109
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1985-05-10
- title
- Mrs. Soffel
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 46%
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