Mrs. Soffel

At the real Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, introducing the kids (Trini Alvarado, Jennifer Dundas, Danny Corkill, Harley Cross), the Biddles (Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine), warden (Edward Hermann) and wife, risen from her sick bed, Diane Keaton, the title character, in Mrs. Soffel, 1984.

The famous Biddle brothers, Ed and Jack (Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine), convicted of murder in Pittsburgh, 1902, their guilt not ascertained, needling a guard (Maury Chaykin) and meeting the title character, Diane Keaton, soul-saving wife of the warden, in Gillian Armstrong's Mrs. Soffel, 1984.

Mel Gibson and Diane Keaton star in Mrs. Soffel (1984), the true story of a prison warden's wife who helps a notorious killer escape.