Name: The Burning Bed
Genre: Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1984-10-08
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie, Penelope Milford

1984·Crime·1h 40m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by Robert Greenwald

domestic violence

killer

biting

angry

detached

aggressive

grim

malicious

anxious

dramatic

authoritarian

callous

enraged

mean spirited

IMDB

N/A

Where to Watch

Cast

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

James Hampton

Police Witness

Virgil Frye

Virg

Justin Gocke

Jimmy, Age 4

Sherry McFarland

Ellen

Crew

Robert Greenwald

Director

Charles Gross

Original Music Composer

Isidore Mankofsky

Director of Photography

Jon Avnet

Executive Producer

Steve Tisch

Executive Producer

Popular Reviews

7 reviews

MiaPRO

hm i don’t know how to feel but i also feel angry either way

Douglas Lancaster

6.5★ · 03/01/24

Saw this 35 years ago. It’s a little slow for my brain but still yet another role where she plays an avowed woman. I wonder if #FarrahFawcett was a victim of abuse IRL or if Hollywood just typecasted her as one. She was in so many made for tv movies playing an abuse survivor.

Tubi

jondis

8.0★ · 05/09/26

mya allen

4.7★ · 05/09/25

Ken

8.0★ · 01/28/24