The Burning Bed (1984) Part 1

Directed by Robert Greenwald
Written by Faith McNulty (book)
Rose Leiman Goldemberg
Starring Farrah Fawcett
Paul Le Mat
Richard Masur
Distributed by NBC network
Release date(s) October 8, 1984
Running time 95 mins

The Burning Bed is a non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about battered Dansville, Michigan, housewife Francine Hughes. Screenplay by Rose Leiman Goldemberg. After thirteen years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, James Berlin ("Mickey") Hughes, she set fire to the bed he was sleeping in on March 9, 1977. Mickey Hughes was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting inferno.

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[millobis]

PLEASE, YOU CAN SUBTITLED IN SPANISH.. PLEASE .. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.. CONGRATULATIONS!!

[80sguy38]

@millobis , i don't have any subtitles for this movie freind. Sorry!

[loseroflust1]

R.I.P. Farrah, we will miss you!

[JMU1023]

all men should watch this movie (i'm going to make my future hubby watch it) as a way to help them to behave themselves. hehehe!

[namznej]

@Alexia8099 Are you really this dense? Come on now, you are just trying to stir up a shit storm aren't you? You really don't believe what you are saying do you? If you do believe this then you are either a wife beater yourself or you are just a douche bag plain and simple.

[rhymeandreasoning]

I have this on vhs video..watched it again last night while I was in bed..had not seen it in years..still very hard to watch...very raw...Farrah did an amazing job..The thing that still ticks me off it is that her character kept going back to that guy, she knew better, but she kept going back..sometimes I think this movie should be required viewing for high school kids, especially girls. If a dude hits ya once, chances are he will keep doing it..as the saying goes, 'love should not hurt'.

[NYCBlonde]

@Alexia8099 1) A terrorist has a political motive. She had no political motive, she was just trying to stay alive. 2) The children were never in any danger, except of course from their father. Can't be good for them to see their mother being slowly beaten to death. 3) The only thing stopping her from getting a job was HIM. He beat her when she tried to get training, remember? 4) She tried to leave--he forced his way back into the house.

You're 0 for 4. Your ignorance & misogyny are appalling.

[Alexia8099]

She's a murderer and an arsonist.She should have been put down as a terrorist.She put the children in deathly danger.She stole their Father,the money maker for the kids.If she didn't like him,she should have voted with her feet.Move out.

[spiderturd43]

shes abused kills husband then shes only payed like 13,000 for the movie it might be alittle more or less but she got screwed

[ironpirites]

@Quatorzel4 Yes, I did see it and Farrah was awesome! Ryan O'Neal played the boyfriend in a minor role and . . . believe it or not, one of my uncles played Farrah's obviously menacing father in a bit part in which he was using a knife to peel an apple at his front door. Love Farrah. To me she was a priceless, though fragile vessel of great ability, underappreciated by many who should have known better.

[Quatorzel4]

@ironpirites It was the story of Diane Downs who attempted to murder her kids because her boyfriend wasn't interested in being a dad.

[ironpirites]

@Quatorzel4 I'm not sure. I don't recall it.

[Quatorzel4]

@ironpirites Absolutely agree! Did you see her in "Small Sacrifices"? She was fantastic!

[dragonchampion7]

dude you saved my grade in a class. THANK YOU!!!!