The Burning Bed (1984) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Farrah Fawcett astounded critics with the heretofore unplumbed depths of her performing abilities, playing a battered wife charged with her husband's murder after setting his bed afire following years of beatings and humiliations. Her greatly praised work won her an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Ac

Cast & Crew

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Robert Greenwald

Farrah Fawcett

Francine Hughes

Paul Le Mat

Richard Masur

Aryon Greydanus

Grace Zabriskie

Penelope Milford

Film Details

Also Known As

Burning Bed

Genre

Drama

Release Date

1984

Production Company

CFI Hollywood; Horta Editorial & Sound; Modern Film Effects; NBC Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration

2h

Synopsis

Farrah Fawcett astounded critics with the heretofore unplumbed depths of her performing abilities, playing a battered wife charged with her husband's murder after setting his bed afire following years of beatings and humiliations. Her greatly praised work won her an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Actress, with other nominations going to the film itself as Outstanding Drama and to supporting actor Richard Masur (as her defense attorney), director Robert Greenwald, writer Rose Leiman Goldembeg, and the editors, makeup artists and hairstylist. Subsequently, the International Television Movie Festival gave its first awards to Fawcett and Paul LeMat (as supporting actor as her brutish husband), and "The Burning Bed" was named Best Television Movie.

Director

Robert Greenwald

Cast

Farrah Fawcett

Francine Hughes

Paul Le Mat

Richard Masur

Aryon Greydanus

Grace Zabriskie

Penelope Milford

Christa Denton

Christy--Age 12

James Callahan

Gary Grubbs

District Attorney

David Friedman

David Andrews

James Hampton

Virgil Frye

Dixie X Wade

Heather Rich

Justin Gocke

Elizabeth Lyn Fraser

Ben Fuhrman

Henry Ecksworth

Kimberley Dashiell

Fred D Scott

Patricia George

Houlihan Burke

Sherry Mcfarland

Gilmer Mccormick

Anna L Pagan

Sonny Davis

Assistant Prosecutor

Delana Michaels

Gregg Norberg

Jeremy Ross

Judge Hotchkiss

Freddie Dawson

Jeffrey Lampert

Crew

Gary Anderson

Rick Ardrey

Accounting Assistant

Jon Avnet

Executive Producer

Alan Bernard

Fred Blau Jr.

Malcolm Brown

Assistant Camera Operator

Ross Brown

David E Campbell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Carol Chacamaty

Business Affairs

Jack Clements

Unit Production Manager

Christopher Cooke

Assistant Editor

Michael Daves

Assistant Director

Rob Doherty

Assistant Director

Richard Edesa

Camera Operator

Richard Fetterman

Susan Gallegly

Production Coordinator

Rose Leiman Goldemberg

Rose Leiman Goldemberg

Bernie Goldmann

Mary Ann Good

Barry Mark Gordon

Assistant Film Editor

Charles Gross

Michael A Harcock

Roslyn Harris

Script Supervisor

Chris Howell

Jake Jarrell

Richard E Johnson

Special Effects

Tommy Kessenich

Jim Lapidus

Isidore Mankofsky

Director Of Photography

Gabrielle Mardelin

Lou Marini

Kelly Mark

Gail Martin-sheridan

Production Accountant

Linda Matthews

Karen Mclarity

Faith Mcnulty

Book As Source Material

Dianne Morgan

Transportation Captain

Ken Peterson

Transportation Coordinator

John T Reitz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Stephen Robinette

Gregg Rudloff

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Carol Schreder

Michael A Stevenson

Steve Tisch

Executive Producer

Mary West

Herman Zimmerman

Film Details

Also Known As

Burning Bed

Genre

Drama

Release Date

1984

Production Company

CFI Hollywood; Horta Editorial & Sound; Modern Film Effects; NBC Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration

2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States 1990

Aired in United States October 8, 1984

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