The Burning Bed
Book and movie inspired by a 1977 murder related to domestic abuse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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The Burning Bed | |
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Genre | Crime Drama |
Based on | The Burning Bed 1980 novel by Faith McNulty |
Written by | Rose Leiman Goldemberg |
Directed by | Robert Greenwald |
Starring | Farrah Fawcett Paul Le Mat Richard Masur |
Theme music composer | Charles Gross |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jon Avnet Steve Tisch |
Producers | Carol Schreder Rose Leiman Goldemberg (co-producer) |
Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
Editors | Richard W. Fetterman Michael A. Stevenson |
Running time | 95 mins |
Production company | Tisch/Avnet Productions Inc. |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | October 8, 1984 (1984-10-08) |
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