13 Jan 1991
Sleeping with the Enemy
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Battered
Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their husbands.
Top Billed Cast
Karen Grassle Susannah Hawks
LeVar Burton Andrew Sinclair
Mike Farrell Michael Hawks
Chip Fields Ginny Sinclair
Joan Blondell Edna Thompson
Fred Jay Gordon Len
Howard Duff Bill Thompson
Diana Scarwid Doris Thompson
Keith Coogan Stevie Hawks
Ketty Lester Helen
Leonard Barr Prof. Jeremiah Hayden
Kres Mersky Della
Alex Colon Carlos
Rutanya Alda 
Norman Bartold Michael Bond 
Jody Carter Ali Giron Battered Woman in Shelter
Lorry Goldman 
Virginia Leith
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