The Burning Bed
He didn't know how to stop it... she did.
Crime Drama TV Movie
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.
Director Robert Greenwald
Cast
Paul Le Mat
Mickey Hughes
Gary Grubbs
District Attorney
Virgil Frye
Virg
Penelope Milford
Gaby
James T. Callahan
Berlin Hughes
Gilmer McCormick
Salesperson
Delana Michaels
Miss Connor
James Hampton
Police Witness
Grace Zabriskie
Flossie Hughes
Justin Gocke
Jimmy, Age 4
Wayne Knight
Juror (uncredited)
Sonny Carl Davis
Asst. Prosecutor
Farrah Fawcett
Francine Hughes
Richard Masur
Aryon Greydanus
Christa Denton
Christy, Age 12
Sherry McFarland
Ellen
Jeffrey Lampert