TV
NY Prison Break: The Seduction Of Joyce Mitchell (Lifetime 2017, Joe Anderson, Myk Watford)
Inspired by the true story that gripped the nation, Lifetime premieres the ripped-from-the-headline movie, NY Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell on Sunday, April 23, at 8pm ET/PT. The movie tells the story of a prison staffer who helped two convicts escape, leading to a fatal manhunt.
Recently denied parole, Joyce is played by Golden Globe and SAG nominee, Penelope Ann Miller (American Crime). Joyce Mitchell (Miller), a married mother of three, meets convicted murderers Richard Matt (Myk Watford, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and David Sweat (Joe Anderson, Across the Universe) while running the tailor shop at the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Richard and David immediately set their sights on Joyce as the perfect pawn for their escape plan.
Flattered by their attention, Joyce is easily manipulated and seduced by the two prisoners, and soon agrees to help them break out.Wrapped up in a fantasy that men were in love with her, Joyce goes along with them when they suggest killing her husband so they can all run away together to Mexico. At the last second, Joyce decides she can’t go through with the plot and doesn’t show up at their pick-up point. Soon after, a massive statewide manhunt for Richard and David ensues culminating in a deadly takedown and her own conviction.
cast
Joe Anderson as David Sweat
Myk Watford as Richard Matt
Penelope Ann Miller as Joyce Mitchell
key behind the scenes crew
David Manzanares as Co-Producer
Frank Von Zerneck as Executive Producer
Judith Verno as Executive Producer
Ron Schmidt as Producer
Stephen Tolkin as Writer/Director
show type
Drama, TV Movie,
broadcast from
4/23/2017
network and production companies
Lifetime – Mountainair Films
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