This classic 1984 tv movie based on a best selling book is a masterpiece of all terms, it's a story about a woman who married a man who turned out to be a wife beater and gone throw abuse and abuse, until she said no more, she said the house and the bed on fire killing the man in self defense and later she was found not guilty of the crime by temporarily insanity, this film directed by robert greenwald who 11 years later directed another masterpiece a woman of independent means, represents classic tv movies, the performances are excellent, especially farrah fawcett (who shed her charlie's angels image) and paul le mat as the abusive husband, the teleplay is well done, in the tradition of roots, the thorn birds and others, this is a masterpiece and a powerful one, the burning bed is a treasure and a message of survival.
Review of The Burning Bed
