Mrs. Soffel

Mrs. Soffel
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Gillian Armstrong
Written by	Ron Nyswaner
Produced by	Edgar J. Scherick David A. Nicksay Scott Rudin
Starring	Diane Keaton Mel Gibson Matthew Modine Edward Herrmann
Cinematography	Russell Boyd
Edited by	Nicholas Beauman
Music by	Mark Isham
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	MGM/UA Entertainment Company
Release date	December 26, 1984 (1984-12-26)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$11 million[1]
Box office	$4,385,312

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.

It was filmed on location in and around the Serez family farm in Mulmur, Ontario, as well as Wisconsin (train sequences) and establishing shots in Pittsburgh. The jail sequences were filmed in both the Allegheny County Courthouse and inside and outside of the old Allegheny County Jail for three days, and prisoners there were used as extras in the movie. The film was entered in the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]