Fresh
handsomely mounted period piece, but can't shake off a certain air of good manners
Derek Adams, Time Out
Overview
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.
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Rotten
didn't for one moment convince me that these were real people, acting from the bottom of their hearts.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
a very strange and maddening movie, being a fascinating tale that's nowhere as provocative as it first promises to be and as the reputations of everyone connected with it might lead you to expect.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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