The Burning Bed (1984)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 8, 1984Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Farrah Fawcett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/12663-farrah-fawcett.webp)
Farrah Fawcett
Francine Hughes
![Paul Le Mat](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21001-paul-le-mat.webp)
Paul Le Mat
Mickey Hughes
![Richard Masur](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/33840-richard-masur.webp)
Richard Masur
Aryon Greydanus
![Grace Zabriskie](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15093-grace-zabriskie.webp)
Grace Zabriskie
Flossie Hughes
![Penelope Milford](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48638-penelope-milford.webp)
Penelope Milford
Gaby
![Christa Denton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/251465-christa-denton.webp)
Christa Denton
Christy - Age 12
![James T. Callahan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6996-james-t-callahan.webp)
James T. Callahan
Berlin Hughes
![Gary Grubbs](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/30807-gary-grubbs.webp)
Gary Grubbs
District Attorney
![David Friedman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Friedman
Jimmy - Age 10
![James Hampton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/13976-james-hampton.webp)
James Hampton
Police Witness
![Virgil Frye](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20971-virgil-frye.webp)
Virgil Frye
Virg
![David Andrews](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/833-david-andrews.webp)
David Andrews
Wimpy Hughes
![Robert Greenwald](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/63094-robert-greenwald.webp)
Robert Greenwald
Director
![Dixie K. Wade](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dixie K. Wade
Hazel Moran
![Rose Leiman Goldemberg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rose Leiman Goldemberg
Writer
![Heather Rich](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Heather Rich
Christy, Age 6
![Faith McNulty](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Faith McNulty
Writer
![Justin Gocke](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/386528-justin-gocke.webp)
Justin Gocke
Jimmy, Age 4
![Carol Schreder](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Carol Schreder
Producer
![Elizabeth Lyn Fraser](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Elizabeth Lyn Fraser
Nicole
![Charles Gross](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles Gross
Composer
![Ben Fuhrman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ben Fuhrman
Henry Eckworth
![Isidore Mankofsky](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Isidore Mankofsky
Cinematographer
![Kimberley Dashiell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kimberley Dashiell
Ann
![Fred D. Scott](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fred D. Scott
Mr. Barlow
![Richard Fetterman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Fetterman
Editor
![Patricia George](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Patricia George
Female Deputy
![Michael A. Stevenson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael A. Stevenson
Editor
![Hoolihand Burke](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hoolihand Burke
Matron
![Ross Brown](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ross Brown
CastingDirector
![Sherry McFarland](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1427474-sherry-mcfarland.webp)
Sherry McFarland
Ellen
![Mary West](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mary West
CastingDirector
![Gilmer McCormick](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/145391-gilmer-mccormick.webp)
Gilmer McCormick
Salesperson
![Anna Pagan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Anna Pagan
Clair
![Sonny Carl Davis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20618-sonny-carl-davis.webp)
Sonny Carl Davis
Asst. Prosecutor
![Delana Michaels](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/189610-delana-michaels.webp)
Delana Michaels
Miss Connor
![Greg Norberg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Greg Norberg
Ernest
![Jeremy Ross](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jeremy Ross
Judge Hotchkiss
![Wayne Knight](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1952-wayne-knight.webp)
Wayne Knight
Juror (uncredited)
![David Ward](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Ward
Courtroom Security Officer (uncredited)
![Steve Tisch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/200809-steve-tisch.webp)
Steve Tisch
Executive Producer
![Fred C. Blau Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fred C. Blau Jr.
Makeup Artist
![Herman F. Zimmerman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Herman F. Zimmerman
Art Direction
![Jon Avnet](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/46320-jon-avnet.webp)
Jon Avnet
Executive Producer
![Robert J. Doherty](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert J. Doherty
Second Assistant Director
![Chris Howell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chris Howell
Stunt Double
![Mary Ann Good](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mary Ann Good
Set Decoration
![David E. Campbell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
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![The Burning Bed](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/1/62813-the-burning-bed.webp)
Details.
Wiki.
The Burning Bed is both a 1980 non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about battered housewife Francine Hughes, and a 1984 TV-movie adaptation written by Rose Leiman Goldemberg. The plot follows Hughes' trial for the murder of her husband, James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes, following her setting fire to the bed he was sleeping in at their Dansville, Michigan home on March 9, 1977, and thirteen years of physical domestic abuse at his hands.