Amazon.com: This controversial, 1984 made-for-television movie gave Farrah Fawcett her first true showcase as an actress. Playing an abused wife who kills her monstrous husband (Paul Le Mat), Fawcett demonstrates a facility with the moral ambiguities of the story, which concerns the painful but fascinating questions of where justice lies. Fine support from Richard Masur and Grace Zabriskie, and the assured direction is by Robert Greenwald (Xanadu. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - True Story- Intense Abuse drives a woman to the brink of insanity
This is a true story about a woman who was driven to the point of insanity because of an abusive husband. The movie is set during a day and age where there was no help for the abused. My mom had bought ... Read More
Rating: - Not as expected.
This was a movie put from VHS to DVD. Unfortunately, when it arrived, it was region oe encoding, so I was not able to view it. I have seen the movie on VHS, and it is excellent, with suberb acting from ... Read More
Rating: - Gripping and real
It isn't often that I stay up until midnight watching a movie on TV, but this movie had me hooked. It is so easy to wonder why a woman doesn't leave, yet watching Fawcett you understand the social pressures ... Read More
Rating: - Landmark TV Movie - Harrowing
The Burning Bed is the true story of a woman who endures years of abuse mental and physical from her husband before finally snapping and killing him. The subject matter is still as relevant today as it was when ... Read More
Rating: - AKA "How To Murder Your Husband And Get Away With It!"
This movie stars Farrah Force- It who plays a Professional Victim who stays with her physically and mentally abusive husband. Instead of going to a Women's Shelter or seeking help she stays with her husband and ... Read More
- True Story- Intense Abuse drives a woman to the brink of insanity
- Not as expected.
- Gripping and real