The Burning Bed
He didn't know how to stop it... she did.
1984 | 100m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Robert Greenwald |
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| Writer: | Faith McNulty |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 08, 1984 |
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| Director: | Robert Greenwald |
| Writer: | Faith McNulty |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, TV Movie |
| Keywords | domestic violence, killer, biting, angry, detached, aggressive, grim, malicious, anxious, dramatic, authoritarian, callous, enraged, mean spirited |
| Production Companies | Tisch/Avnet Productions Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Kimberley Dashiell | Ann |
| Fred D. Scott | Mr. Barlow |
| Patricia George | Female Deputy |
| Hoolihand Burke | Matron |
| Sherry McFarland | Ellen |
| Gilmer McCormick | Salesperson |
| Anna Pagan | Clair |
| Sonny Carl Davis | Asst. Prosecutor |
| Delana Michaels | Miss Connor |
| Greg Norberg | Ernest |
| Jeremy Ross | Judge Hotchkiss |
| Jeffrey Lampert | |
| Wayne Knight | Juror (uncredited) |
| David Ward | Courtroom Security Officer (uncredited) |
| David Friedman | Jimmy, Age 10 |
| Freddie Dawson |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Faith McNulty | Novel |
| Robert Greenwald | Director |
| Herman F. Zimmerman | Art Direction |
| Mary West | Casting |
| Ross Brown | Casting |
| Michael Hancock | Makeup Artist |
| Fred C. Blau Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Jack Clements | Unit Production Manager |
| Stephen Robinette | Hairstylist |
| Michael Daves | First Assistant Director |
| Robert J. Doherty | Second Assistant Director |
| John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Alan Bernard | Production Sound Mixer |
| Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Chris Howell | Stunt Double |
| Karen McLarty | Stunt Double |
| Richard Johnson | Special Effects |
| Rose Leiman Goldemberg | Teleplay |
| Charles Gross | Original Music Composer |
| Isidore Mankofsky | Director of Photography |
| Richard Fetterman | Editor |
| Michael A. Stevenson | Editor |
| Mary Ann Good | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jon Avnet | Executive Producer |
| Steve Tisch | Executive Producer |
| Rose Leiman Goldemberg | Co-Producer |
| Carol Schreder | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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