Mrs. Soffel

About Mrs. Soffel

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.

Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 romance film directed by Gillian Armstrong. Diane Keaton stars as Kate Soffel, Mel Gibson as Ed Biddle, Matthew Modine as Jack Biddle, and Edward Herrmann as Warden Peter Soffel.

Released in December 1984, it runs 112 minutes. Written by Ron Nyswaner. The story is adapted from real events.

Shelv files it under fugitive, prison escape, brothers, and prison warden. In the United States it streams on YouTube TV. It scores 6.0 out of 10 from 59 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

Escape from Alcatraz, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer, and Face/Off make useful companions to Mrs. Soffel, all filed under prison.