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The Burning Bed(Movie, 1984)

1h 40min | Genres: Crime, Drama, TV Movie
The Burning BedRating: 3.4/5 (with 1818 votes)
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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Awards & Nominations for The Burning Bed

TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie TCA Award for Program of the Year Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

About The Burning Bed

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Michigan
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/08/1984

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