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The Burning Bed is both a 1980 non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about battered housewife Francine Hughes, and a 1984 TV-movie adaptation written by Rose Leiman Goldemberg.
- Faith McNulty
- Crime Drama
- 1980
Oct 8, 1984 · A 1984 biographical crime drama starring Farrah Fawcett as Francine Hughes, who sets fire to her husband's bed after years of violence. The movie is based on a true story and was nominated for eight Primetime Emmys.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Robert Greenwald
- 1984-10-08
Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017) [1] was an American woman who, after thirteen years of domestic abuse, set fire to the bed in which her live-in ex-husband Mickey Hughes was sleeping, on March 9, 1977, in Dansville, Michigan.
Jul 9, 2020 · Hughes’s story has been told before—the new “Burning Bed” documentary borrows its title from the journalist Faith McNulty’s 1980 book about the Hugheses and from the 1984 TV-movie adaptation,...
Mar 21, 2019 · Francine Hughes killed her abusive husband in 1977 and became a symbol of the fight against domestic violence. Learn how her case inspired a national movement that created shelters, laws and awareness for women like her.
The Burning Bed. After marrying her high school sweetheart, a woman falls into a marriage of constant abuse and terror until her desperation from a failed social welfare system and the need to protect her three children forces her to react with the ultimate revenge. HD. 3,215 IMDb 7.2 1 h 35 min 1984. 7+.
Jan 1, 1980 · The Burning Bed: The True Story of an Abused Wife. Faith McNulty. 4.27. 1,352ratings59reviews. Recounts the tragic story of Francine Hughes, a battered wife who in desperation murdered her abusive husband, detailing their marriage, the deterioration of their relationship, the murder, and the trial that followed.
