http://imdb.com/title/tt0087010/

The Burning Bed (TV Movie 1984)
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Crime , Drama
Farrah Fawcett , Paul Le Mat , Richard Masur , Grace Zabriskie , Penelope Milford , Christa Denton , James T. Callahan , Gary Grubbs , David Friedman ,
David Andrews , James Hampton , Virgil Frye , Dixie K. Wade , Heather Rich , Justin Gocke
Robert Greenwald
IMDB 101
1984
After years of beatings and terror| Francine Hughes set fire to her abuser's bed while he slept. Her confession and subsequent murder trial held the nation
enthralled. A dramatic story of a woman pushed over the edge.