| Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1901, this drama depicts a true story that shocked contemporary society. Kate Soffel is a warden's wife so full of Christian values that she regularly visits her husband's jail, handing out bibles and attempting to reform the convicts. But Ed Biddle, a rather seductive young man who claims he's been wrongly convicted of murder, lead the repressed Mrs. Soffel into temptation. She decides to help him and his brother escape, and even though it complicates their getaway and puts them at a garter risk, Ed persuades Kate to run away with them to Canada. |
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| Diane Keaton (Kate Soffel), Mel Gibson (Ed Biddle), Matthew Modine (Jack Biddle), Edward Herrmann (Peter K. Soffel), Trini Alvarado (Irene Soffel), Jennifer Dundas (Margaret Soffel), Danny Corkill (Eddie Soffel), Harley Cross (Clarence Soffel), Terry O'Quinn (Detective Buck McGovern), Pippa Pearthree (Maggie), William Youmans (George Koslow), Maury Chaykin (Charlie Reynolds), Joyce Ebert (Matron Agnes Garvey), Wayne Robson (Halliday), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Jessie Bodyne), Les Rubie (Mr. Stevenson), Paula Trueman (Mrs. Stevenson), Nancy Chesney (Mrs. Fitzgerald), Katie McCombs (Rachel Garvey), Linda Gabler (Leota Yoeders), Eric Hebert (Paperboy), Tom Harvey (Attorney Burke), Jack Jessop (Attorney Watson), William Duell (Lenny), John Dee (Old Prisoner), J. Winston Carroll (Guard McGarey), David Fox (McNeil), Fred Booker (Alice), Valerie Buhagiar (Alice), Norma Dell'Agnese (Woman Reporter), Al Koslik (Reporter), Phillip Craig (Reporter). |
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RELEASE DATE: December 28th, 1984 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $86,280 (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $4.3 million (USA)
- While filming scenes in very clean Toronto, the crew "dirtied up" a street to make it seem like turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. When they returned from a break they found it had all been cleaned up by well-meaning street and sanitation employees.
- A very old, closed, unused bridge in the village of Elora, Ontario, was refurbished for the movie, and now serves as a pedestrian bridge there. |
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DIRECTOR: Gillian Armstrong.
WRITER: Ron Nyswaner.
PRODUCERS: David Nicksay, Scott Rudin and Edgar J. Scherick.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Dennis E. Jones.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mark Isham.
DISTRIBUTOR: MGM |
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