Mrs. Soffel (1984) on Netflix
Condemned brothers Ed and Jack Biddle wait on death row in a Pittsburgh prison. Kate Soffel, the warden's wife, reads them scripture and is drawn to Ed, who says they are innocent.
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Plot summary
In Pittsburgh in 1901, Kate Soffel is the mother of four children and the wife of the prison warden. After months of illness that keeps her in bed, she regains her strength and begins visiting inmates to read Bible scripture to them. Among the prisoners are Ed Biddle and his brother Jack, robbers under sentence of death for a killing during a robbery. Kate finds herself drawn to Ed, and he appears to return the interest. Ed tells her that he and Jack are innocent, and that an accomplice carried out the murder. She keeps returning to the two men with her readings, and when Ed gives her a poem he has written, they kiss.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mrs. Soffel (1984)
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- The film's jail sequences were shot over three days in Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Courthouse and the old Allegheny County Jail, where actual prisoners were used as extras.
