- HD 1080
- Runtime: 112m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Gillian Armstrong
- Stars: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Trini Alvarado
- keywords: prison, prison warden, based on true story, prison escape, fugitive, family abandonment, child abandonment, posse, woman director, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, abandoned by mother, celebrity criminal, brothers, maximum security prison
- Production_studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: A true story.
- The Mrs. Soffel is featured in the top rankings of 1984
- #32 in Top Romance Movies of 1984
Kate 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.
