He didn't know how to stop it... she did.
An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
- Sexual violence
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and spare.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Farrah FawcettFrancine Hughes
- Paul Le MatMickey Hughes
- Richard MasurAryon Greydanus
- Grace ZabriskieFlossie Hughes
- Penelope MilfordGaby
- Christa DentonChristy, Age 12
- James T. CallahanBerlin Hughes
- Gary GrubbsDistrict Attorney
- David AndrewsWimpy Hughes
- James HamptonPolice Witness
Crew
- Robert GreenwaldDirector
- Faith McNultyNovel
- Isidore MankofskyDirector of Photography
- Charles GrossOriginal Music Composer
- Richard FettermanEditor
- Michael A. StevensonEditor
- Carol SchrederProducer
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