The Burning Bed Summary
Director: Robert Greenwald
Genres: Drama
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Farrah_Fawcett earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of Francine Hughes in the television movie The Burning Bed. The film is structured as a series of flashbacks while Francine's character endures a murder trial after she poured gasoline on her sleeping spouse and burned him to death. Her husband Mickey (Paul_Le_Mat) drove her over the edge after years of physical and emotional abuse when he rapes her. Television regular Richard_Masur has a prominent co-starring role. Fawcett parlayed her work in this film into a series of more serious movies, including Extremities and Poor_Little_Rich_Girl:_The_Barbara_Hutton_Story. Perry Seibert, Rovi
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