The Burning Bed is a 1984 television drama film starring Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, and Richard Masur. Based on the 1980 non-fiction novel of the same name by Faith McNulty, it follows battered housewife Francine Hughes and her trial for the murder of her husband, James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes. Hughes set fire to the bed her husband was sleeping in at their Dansville, Michigan home on March 9, 1977 after thirteen years of physical domestic abuse at his hands.
The Burning Bed (1984)
Directed by Robert Greenwald
Genres - Crime, Documentary, Drama |
Sub-Genres - Courtroom, Docudrama, Trial Film |
Release Date - Oct 8, 1984 |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Themes
Tags
Abuse, American, Boyfriend, Domestic Violence, Family, Husband, Lead, Love, Mickey, Social Welfare, System, Threshold, True Stories, Violent
Attributes
Narrative Location: Michigan
Subject: alcoholism
Subject: alcoholism
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Alternate Titles
Autopsia di un delitto
IT
Autopsie d'un crime
FR
Cama Ardente
BR
Das brennende Bett
DE
Den brennende sengen
NO
Den sista utvägen
SE
Égõ ágyban
HU
Kuka murhasi hänen miehensä?
FI
Maltratada
ES
Paklena postelja
RS
Płonące łóżko
PL
Quando una donna
IT
The Burning Bed
CA, GR, GB, US
Tűzfészek
HU
Пылающая кровать
, RU