The Burning Bed

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • TV Movie
10/8/1984
100

He didn't know how to stop it... she did.

An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.

Director:
Robert Greenwald
    • domestic violence
    • killer
    • biting
    • angry
    • detached
    • aggressive
    • grim
    • malicious
    • anxious
    • dramatic
    • authoritarian
    • callous
    • enraged
    • mean spirited

    Cast

    • Farrah Fawcett
      Francine Hughes
    • Paul Le Mat
      Mickey Hughes
    • Richard Masur
      Aryon Greydanus
    • Grace Zabriskie
      Flossie Hughes
    • Penelope Milford
      Gaby
    • Christa Denton
      Christy, Age 12
    • James T. Callahan
      Berlin Hughes
    • Gary Grubbs
      District Attorney
    • David Andrews
      Wimpy Hughes
    • James Hampton
      Police Witness
    • Virgil Frye
      Virg
    • Dixie K. Wade
      Hazel Moran
    • Heather Rich
      Christy, Age 6
    • Justin Gocke
      Jimmy, Age 4
    • Elizabeth Lyn Fraser
      Nicole
    • Ben Fuhrman
      Henry Eckworth

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