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The Burning Bed (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Golden Globes

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1984 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Greenwald

Written By:
Rose Leiman Goldemberg
Faith McNulty

Actors:
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
David Friedman ..... Jimmy age 10
David Andrews ..... Wimpy Hughes
James Hampton ..... Police Witness
Virgil Frye ..... Virg
Dixie K. Wade ..... Hazel Moran
Heather Rich ..... Christy age 6
Justin Gocke ..... Jimmy age 4

Synopsis:

On the night of the fire, Hughes told her children to put their coats on and wait for her in the car. She then started the fire with gasoline which was poured around the bed that Mickey Hughes was sleeping in. After the house had caught fire, Hughes drove with her children to the local police station in order to confess. Hughes went to court in Lansing, Michigan, and was found by a jury of her peers to be not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.

After thirteen years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, James Berlin ('Mickey') Hughes, she set fire to the bed he was sleeping in at their Dansville, Michigan home on March 9, 1977. Mickey Hughes was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting inferno.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 April, 2015.

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