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Bookmark this pageMrs Soffel (1984)
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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From Time Out Film Guide
Mrs Soffel (Keaton), a good woman but victim of a cool marriage to the warden of Allegheny County jail in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh, spends her days dispensing Christian comfort to the inmates: during the first hour there is more praying than regular dialogue. The answer to the lady's prayers turns up in Mel Gibson, a condemned murderer; they go on the run together, but without much success. It's a handsomely mounted period piece, but can't shake off a certain air of good manners; like the lady herself, stifled by law, custom and breeding, and unable to let rip on a bid for freedom. CPea.Author: CPea
Cast & crew
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Producer: Edgar J Scherick, Scott Rudin, David Nicksay
Cast: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Trini Alvarado, Jennie Dundas, Danny Corkill, Harley Cross full cast
Duration: 111 mins
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