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The plot follows Hughes' trial for the murder of her husband, James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes, following her setting fire to the bed he was sleeping in at their Dansville, Michigan home on March 9, 1977 after thirteen years of physical domestic abuse at his hands.
Oct 8, 1984 · Based on a true story, this 1984 drama stars Farrah Fawcett as a woman who sets fire to her husband's bed while he sleeps. The movie explores the cycle of violence, the legal system and the public reaction to her confession and trial.
1984 · 1 hr 36 min. TV-MA. Drama · Crime. A battered wife sets her husband on fire one night after living with his beatings and humiliations for years. Subtitles: English. Starring: James Callahan Farrah Fawcett Paul Le Mat. Directed by: Robert Greenwald.
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.
Dec 6, 2017 · Watch the trailer of the 1984 TV movie "The Burning Bed", starring Farrah Fawcett as a battered wife who fights back against her abusive husband.
Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017) 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.
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.
