The Burning Bed

IMDb link: 0087010
IMDb rating: 7.2 (3,921 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Biography
Director: Robert Greenwald
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Richard Masur, Paul Le Mat, Grace Zabriskie and others

Release date: 8 Oct 1984
Release year: 1984
Runtime: 95 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: marital rape, 1970s, f rated, spousal abuse, conjugal rape, based on true story, marital abuse, true crime, psychological drama, fire

Plot:

After years of beatings and terror, Francine Hughes set fire to her abuser's bed while he slept. Her confession and subsequent murder trial held the nation enthralled. A dramatic story of a woman pushed over the edge.

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