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Title:

The burning bed [DVD] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Carol Schreder ; teleplay by Rose Leiman Goldemberg ; directed by Robert Greenwald.

Format:

[DVD] /

Publisher:

Kino Lorber,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..

Subject:

Hughes, Francine,--1947---Drama.
Wife abuse--Michigan--Drama.
Abused wives--Michigan--Drama.
Marital violence--Michigan--Drama.
Uxoricide--Michigan--Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Biographical films.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Greenwald, Robert, television director.
Goldemberg, Rose Leiman, screenwriter.
Schreder, Carol, television producer.
Fawcett, Farrah, 1947-2009, actor.
Le Mat, Paul, actor.
Masur, Richard, actor.
Zabriskie, Grace, actor.
Callahan, James T., 1930- actor.
Milford, Penelope, actor.
Grubbs, Gary, 1949- actor.
Television adaptation of (work): McNulty, Faith. Burning bed
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
Kino Lorber, Inc, publisher.

Notes:

Title from web page. Farrah Fawcett, Paul le Mat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie, James T. Callahan, Penelope Milford, Crista Denton, Gary Grubbs. Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. Wide screen (1.78:1) and full screen (1.33:1). Based on the book by Faith McNulty. DVD extras: Includes both widescreen and full screen versions; interview with director Robert Greenwald; trailer gallery.

Summary:

Francine Hughes marries her small-town high-school sweetheart Mickey only to discover his temper is short and his behavior violent. Urged to hang in there by her family and a broken social welfare system, she suffers continuous abuse, until desperation leads her to cross a threshold from which neither her nor her husband can ever return.

Series:

KL studio classics

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1009865150

UPC:

738329216191

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)