TY - SER
KW - Roman Catholics
KW - Pittsburgh Police
KW - legal profession
KW - jailbreaks
KW - Jack Biddle (1872-1902)
KW - Ed Biddle (1876-1902)
KW - Kate Soffel (1867-1909)
KW - jail wardens
KW - Canadian Americans
KW - Protestants
AU - Ron Nyswaner
AB - A saga of Ed (Mel Gibson) and Jack Biddle (Matthew Modine) from the perspective of Kate Soffel (Diane Keaton), the warden’s wife who helped the Biddles escape from the Allegheny County Jail.
C1 - 1901-2
C2 - unpublished
C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Mt. Washington; Downtown; Allegheny County Jail (1886); Allegheny County Courthouse; Greenfield; Calvary Catholic Cemetery; North Side; Marshall-Shadeland; Western Penitentiary
C4 - Biographical; Detective; Thriller; Romance
LA - English
M3 - Screenplay
N1 - The script is now held in Beverly Hills at the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
N2 - A saga of Ed (Mel Gibson) and Jack Biddle (Matthew Modine) from the perspective of Kate Soffel (Diane Keaton), the warden’s wife who helped the Biddles escape from the Allegheny County Jail.
PY - 1984
RN - Ron Nyswaner (1956— ), born in Clarksville, Greene County, is a screenwriter and activist. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he's best known for his 1993 screenplay <em>Philadelphia</em> about HIV/AIDS and homophobia.
EP - 114 p.
TI - Mrs. Soffel
ER -