The Burning Bed

Runtime: 95 min
Released: 08 Oct 1984
Genre: Crime , Drama
IMDB: 7.2
Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie
Writer: Rose Leiman Goldemberg (teleplay), Faith McNulty (book)
Director: Robert Greenwald
Available countries: USA

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.