The Burning Bed

• Director: Robert Greenwald
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Feminist Film, Courtroom Drama
• Themes: Domestic Abuse
• Main Cast: Farrah Fawcett
• Release Year: 1985
• Country: US
• Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

Farrah Fawcett earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of Francine Hughes in the television movie The Burning Bed. The film is structured as a series of flashbacks while Francine's character endures a murder trial after she poured gasoline on her sleeping spouse and burned him to death. Her husband Mickey (Paul Le Mat) drove her over the edge after years of physical and emotional abuse when he rapes her. Television regular Richard Masur has a prominent co-starring role. Fawcett parlayed her work in this film into a series of more serious movies, including Extremities and Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Cast

David Andrews - Wimpy Hughes; Hoolihan Burke - Matron; James Callahan - Berlin Hughes; Christa Denton - Christy age 12; Farrah Fawcett - Francine Hughes; Virgil Frye - Virg; Justin Gocke - Jimmy age 4; Gary Grubbs - District Attorney; James Hampton - Police Witness; Jeffrey Lampert; Paul Le Mat - Mickey Hughes; Richard Masur - Aryon Greydanus; Gilmer McCormick - Salesperson; Delana Michaels - Miss Connor; Penelope Milford - Gaby; Grace Zabriskie - Flossie Hughes; Greg Norberg - Ernest; Freddie Dawson; Fred D. Scott - Mr. Barlow; David Friedman - Jimmy age 10; Sonny Davis - Assistant Prosecutor

Credit

Herman Zimmerman - Art Director, Robert Greenwald - Director, Michael A. Stevenson - Editor, Richard Fetterman - Editor, Jon Avnet - Executive Producer, Steve Tisch - Executive Producer, Charles Gross - Composer (Music Score), Herman Zimmerman - Production Designer, Isidore Mankofsky - Cinematographer, Rose Leiman Goldemberg - Producer, Carol Schreder - Producer, Rose Leiman Goldemberg - Screenwriter, Faith McNulty - Book Author

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