The Burning Bed

TV Movie
1984
Not Rated
1h 35m

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Farrah Fawcett, Christa Denton, Elizabeth Lyn Fraser, and David Friedman in The Burning Bed (1984)

Psychological Drama True Crime Biography Crime Drama

A battered wife sets the bed on fire with her husband in it.A battered wife sets the bed on fire with her husband in it.A battered wife sets the bed on fire with her husband in it.

Director
- Robert Greenwald
Writers
- Rose Leiman Goldemberg
- Faith McNulty
Stars

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7.2/10

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Director
- Robert Greenwald
Writers
- Rose Leiman Goldemberg
- Faith McNulty
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 8 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 17 nominations total

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Trivia
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, member of R&B group TLC watched this movie as a child with her sister. She was motivated to set her abusive father on fire in retaliation for abusing her mother on a daily basis as child. In the height of her fame, Lisa made national news for burning her boyfriend NFL star Andre Rison's house after setting stuffed teddy bears on fire in a bathtub.

Goofs
When Mickey pounds the kitchen windows to threaten Francine, he repeats "I'm going to break the door with your face" at two different points, with the same inflections each time, revealing the line as recorded dialogue.