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* AdultFear: When Mickey, who's shown to be a physically abusive alcoholic, comes in the night and takes the children from Francine; anyone who's been through a child-custody conflict or in an abusive relationship that has children can feel Francine's fear.
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A 1984 MadeForTVMovie starring the late Creator/FarrahFawcett as a battered wife who kills her husband, played by Paul Le Mat. The film is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of the book by the same name, written by Faith [=McNulty=].
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A 1984 MadeForTVMovie on Creator/{{NBC}} starring the late Creator/FarrahFawcett as a battered wife who kills her husband, played by Paul Le Mat. The film is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of the book by the same name, written by Faith [=McNulty=].
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: A heartbreaking in-universe example. During one scene, the Hughes children are sitting listlessly on their beds while their father beats their mother.
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A 1984 MadeForTVMovie starring the late Creator/FarrahFawcett as a battered wife who kills her husband, played by Paul Le Mat. The film is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of the book by the same name, written by Faith McNulty.
Some tropes appearing in the film include:
* AdultFear : When Mickey comes in the night and takes the children.
* TheAlcoholic : Mickey blame his abusive behaviour on his drinking, and promises he won't hit Francine anymore when he vows to stop drinking.
* AssholeVictim : No one will miss Mickey all that much.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished : Despite the black eyes, Francine looks pretty good throughout her ordeal.
* BerserkButton : Mickey has many, but they usually involve some perceived infidelity.
* BlatantLies : Flossie(Mickey's mother) 's testimony.
--> Never, have I ever seen any of my sons strike one of their wives.
* TheCharmer : Mickey is this, at first. It doesn't last long.
* CrazyJealousGuy : When Francine buys a pretty new outfit, Mickey claims he doesn't want anyone else looking at her.
* DarknessInducedApathy : A heartbreaking in-universe example. During one scene, the Hughes children are sitting listlessly on their beds while their father beats their mother.
* DestroyTheAbusiveHome : Francine sets fire to the home.
* DisproportionateRetribution : Many examples. Mickey slaps Francine across the face in front of a room full of people because she went into town without his permission. Justified, however, when she sets him on fire.
* DivorceIsTemporary : Francine divorces Mickey, but it doesn't last long.
* DomesticAbuse : The couple's relationship is one of the most well-known examples, and possibly the TropeCodifier. It was pretty shocking in its day, although it presents many well-known Abuse tropes.
* FaceOfAThug : During the last sequence, when Mickey is advancing upon Francine, he looks terrifying.
* FlashBack : The story is told in a series of flashbacks from the "present day" of 1977, back to the start of Francine's relationship with Mickey in 1963, through their courtship and early marriage, then the deterioration into violence.
* FourthDateMarriage : While they actually have a relationship, the first section of the film is presented very quickly from the time Mickey and Francine meet until their wedding day, so it feels this way.
* GoodLawyersGoodClients : Francine's lawyer is portrayed as the better lawyer, representing the victim. Anyone representing or defending Mickey is shown in a negative way.
* HollywoodLaw : Strongly averted. The events of the film and the trial are realistically portrayed.
* HouseFire : How Francine finally ends her terrible marriage. After Mickey beats her, forces her to quit school and burn her textbooks, and then rapes her, she tells her kids to get their coats. Then she pours gasoline around the bed and sets her husband on fire.
* InMediasRes : The film starts with the fire.
* InsanityDefense : A very well-known example. Hughes was acquitted. It's shown in the movie that a self-defense plea probably wouldn't convince a jury, so her lawyer suggests a plea of temporary insanity.
* KickTheDog : Francine's story of how Mickey treated the kids' pregnant dog cements him as a terrible person.
* LetsWaitAWhile : Francine tries, but Mickey puts so much pressure on her, she eventually gives in. She was only 16 when they got married, so her desire to wait and maybe finish high school is justified.
* MaritalRapeLicense : Francine only agrees to sleep with a drunken, impotent Mickey because if she doesn't, he'll start beating her again.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat : Zigzagged. The social worker Francine speaks to tells her only the "head of the household" can apply for social assistance. He softens when she takes off her sunglasses, revealing a terrible black eye. Then when Francine doesn't have the filing fee, he pays it for her. The other people she asks for help are sympathetic, but can't do anything to keep Mickey away without punishing Francine.
* PoliceAreUseless : Not only can they not arrest Mickey unless they catch him in the act of hitting Francine, one of the cops testifies against her.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist : It does make you wonder.
* SympatheticMurderer : Francine.
Some tropes appearing in the film include:
* AdultFear : When Mickey comes in the night and takes the children.
* TheAlcoholic : Mickey blame his abusive behaviour on his drinking, and promises he won't hit Francine anymore when he vows to stop drinking.
* AssholeVictim : No one will miss Mickey all that much.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished : Despite the black eyes, Francine looks pretty good throughout her ordeal.
* BerserkButton : Mickey has many, but they usually involve some perceived infidelity.
* BlatantLies : Flossie(Mickey's mother) 's testimony.
--> Never, have I ever seen any of my sons strike one of their wives.
* TheCharmer : Mickey is this, at first. It doesn't last long.
* CrazyJealousGuy : When Francine buys a pretty new outfit, Mickey claims he doesn't want anyone else looking at her.
* DarknessInducedApathy : A heartbreaking in-universe example. During one scene, the Hughes children are sitting listlessly on their beds while their father beats their mother.
* DestroyTheAbusiveHome : Francine sets fire to the home.
* DisproportionateRetribution : Many examples. Mickey slaps Francine across the face in front of a room full of people because she went into town without his permission. Justified, however, when she sets him on fire.
* DivorceIsTemporary : Francine divorces Mickey, but it doesn't last long.
* DomesticAbuse : The couple's relationship is one of the most well-known examples, and possibly the TropeCodifier. It was pretty shocking in its day, although it presents many well-known Abuse tropes.
* FaceOfAThug : During the last sequence, when Mickey is advancing upon Francine, he looks terrifying.
* FlashBack : The story is told in a series of flashbacks from the "present day" of 1977, back to the start of Francine's relationship with Mickey in 1963, through their courtship and early marriage, then the deterioration into violence.
* FourthDateMarriage : While they actually have a relationship, the first section of the film is presented very quickly from the time Mickey and Francine meet until their wedding day, so it feels this way.
* GoodLawyersGoodClients : Francine's lawyer is portrayed as the better lawyer, representing the victim. Anyone representing or defending Mickey is shown in a negative way.
* HollywoodLaw : Strongly averted. The events of the film and the trial are realistically portrayed.
* HouseFire : How Francine finally ends her terrible marriage. After Mickey beats her, forces her to quit school and burn her textbooks, and then rapes her, she tells her kids to get their coats. Then she pours gasoline around the bed and sets her husband on fire.
* InMediasRes : The film starts with the fire.
* InsanityDefense : A very well-known example. Hughes was acquitted. It's shown in the movie that a self-defense plea probably wouldn't convince a jury, so her lawyer suggests a plea of temporary insanity.
* KickTheDog : Francine's story of how Mickey treated the kids' pregnant dog cements him as a terrible person.
* LetsWaitAWhile : Francine tries, but Mickey puts so much pressure on her, she eventually gives in. She was only 16 when they got married, so her desire to wait and maybe finish high school is justified.
* MaritalRapeLicense : Francine only agrees to sleep with a drunken, impotent Mickey because if she doesn't, he'll start beating her again.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat : Zigzagged. The social worker Francine speaks to tells her only the "head of the household" can apply for social assistance. He softens when she takes off her sunglasses, revealing a terrible black eye. Then when Francine doesn't have the filing fee, he pays it for her. The other people she asks for help are sympathetic, but can't do anything to keep Mickey away without punishing Francine.
* PoliceAreUseless : Not only can they not arrest Mickey unless they catch him in the act of hitting Francine, one of the cops testifies against her.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist : It does make you wonder.
* SympatheticMurderer : Francine.
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A 1984 MadeForTVMovie starring the late Creator/FarrahFawcett as a battered wife who kills her husband, played by Paul Le Mat. The film is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of the book by the same name, written by FaithMcNulty.[=McNulty=].
Some The book is based on the true story of Francine Hughes and her killing of her abusive husband after over a decade of extensive domestic abuse at his hands.
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!!Some tropes appearing in the film include:
*AdultFear : AdultFear: When Mickey Mickey, who's shown to be a physically abusive alcoholic, comes in the night and takes the children.children from Francine; anyone who's been through a child-custody conflict or in an abusive relationship that has children can feel Francine's fear.
*TheAlcoholic : TheAlcoholic: Mickey blame his abusive behaviour on his drinking, and promises he won't hit Francine anymore when he vows to stop drinking.
*AssholeVictim : AssholeVictim: No one will miss Mickey Mickey, who abuses his entire family and rapes his wife, all that much.much when he's killed.
*BeautyIsNeverTarnished : BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite the black eyes, Francine looks pretty good throughout her ordeal.
*BerserkButton : BerserkButton: Mickey has many, but they usually involve some perceived infidelity.
*BlatantLies : Flossie(Mickey's mother) 's BlatantLies: Flossie (Mickey's mother)'s testimony.
--> Never, -->"Never, have I ever seen any of my sons strike one of their wives.
wives."
*TheCharmer : TheCharmer: Mickey is this, at first. It doesn't last long.
*CrazyJealousGuy : CrazyJealousGuy: When Francine buys a pretty new outfit, Mickey claims he doesn't want anyone else looking at her.
*DarknessInducedApathy : DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: A heartbreaking in-universe example. During one scene, the Hughes children are sitting listlessly on their beds while their father beats their mother.
*DestroyTheAbusiveHome : DestroyTheAbusiveHome: Francine sets fire to the home.home, and Mickey.
*DisproportionateRetribution : DisproportionateRetribution: Many examples. Mickey slaps Francine across the face in front of a room full of people because she went into town without his permission. Justified, however, when she sets him on fire.permission.
* DivorceIsTemporary: Francine divorces Mickey, but it doesn't last long.
*DivorceIsTemporary : Francine divorces Mickey, but it doesn't last long.
* DomesticAbuse :DomesticAbuse: The couple's relationship is one of the most well-known examples, and possibly the TropeCodifier. It was pretty shocking in its day, although it presents many well-known Abuse tropes.
*FaceOfAThug : During FlashBack: The story is told in a series of flashbacks from the last sequence, when "present day" of 1977, back to the start of Francine's relationship with Mickey is advancing upon Francine, he looks terrifying.in 1963, through their courtship and early marriage, then the deterioration into violence.
*FlashBack : The story FourthDateMarriage: While they actually have a relationship, the first section of the film is told in a series of flashbacks presented very quickly from the "present day" of 1977, back to the start of Francine's relationship with time Mickey in 1963, through and Francine meet until their courtship and early marriage, then the deterioration into violence.wedding day, so it feels this way.
*FourthDateMarriage : While they actually have a relationship, the first section of the film is presented very quickly from the time Mickey and Francine meet until their wedding day, so it feels this way.
* GoodLawyersGoodClients :GoodLawyersGoodClients: Francine's lawyer is portrayed as the better lawyer, representing the victim. Anyone representing or defending Mickey is shown in a negative way.
*HollywoodLaw : HollywoodLaw: Strongly averted. The events of the film and the trial are realistically portrayed.
*HouseFire : HouseFire: How Francine finally ends her terrible marriage. After Mickey beats her, forces her to quit school and burn her textbooks, and then rapes her, she tells her kids to get their coats. Then she pours gasoline around the bed and sets her husband on fire.
*InMediasRes : InMediasRes: The film starts with the fire.
*InsanityDefense : InsanityDefense: A very well-known example. Hughes was acquitted. It's shown in the movie that a self-defense plea probably wouldn't convince a jury, so her lawyer suggests a plea of temporary insanity.
*KickTheDog : KickTheDog: Francine's story of how Mickey treated the kids' pregnant dog cements him as a terrible person.
*LetsWaitAWhile : LetsWaitAWhile: Francine tries, but Mickey puts so much pressure on her, she eventually gives in. She was only 16 when they got married, so her desire to wait and maybe finish high school is justified.
*MaritalRapeLicense : MaritalRapeLicense: Francine only agrees to sleep with a drunken, impotent Mickey because if she doesn't, he'll start beating her again.
*ObstructiveBureaucrat : NightmareFace: During the last sequence, when Mickey is advancing upon Francine, he looks terrifying.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Zigzagged. The social worker Francine speaks to tells her only the "head of the household" can apply for social assistance. He softens when she takes off her sunglasses, revealing a terrible black eye. Then when Francine doesn't have the filing fee, he pays it for her. The other people she asks for help are sympathetic, but can't do anything to keep Mickey away without punishing Francine.
*PoliceAreUseless : PoliceAreUseless: Not only can they not arrest Mickey unless they catch him in the act of hitting Francine, one of the cops testifies against her.
*SocialServicesDoesNotExist : It SocialServicesDoesNotExist: With how long Mickey gets away with his abuse, it does make you wonder.
*SympatheticMurderer : Francine.SympatheticMurderer: Francine. Yes, she brutally (and painfully) murders her husband, but after all the abuse she's suffered at his hands its hard to feel anything but glad that she does so.
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A 1984 MadeForTVMovie starring the late Creator/FarrahFawcett as a battered wife who kills her husband, played by Paul Le Mat. The film is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of the book by the same name, written by Faith
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* VirginityFlag : After she and Mickey have sex [[TheirFirstTime the first time]], Francine asks if she looks any different, or if anyone can tell.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim : And how.
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* VirginityFlag : VirginityFlag: After she and Mickey have sex [[TheirFirstTime the first time]], Francine asks if she looks any different, or if anyone can tell.
*WhatDoesSheSeeInHim : WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: And how. After his wears off soon after they begin their relationship, Mickey has pretty much no redeeming qualities for Francine to stay for; the only thing keeping her with him is fear, lack of other options, and concern for their children.
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* LetsWaitAWhile : Francine tries, but Mickey puts so much pressure on her, she eventually gives in.
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* LetsWaitAWhile : Francine tries, but Mickey puts so much pressure on her, she eventually gives in. She was only 16 when they got married, so her desire to wait and maybe finish high school is justified.
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* PlayingAgainstType : Richard Masur plays Francine's attorney, a rare (at the time) dramatic role, and Farrah Fawcett at the time was known for her jiggle roles.
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* FaceOfAThug : During the last sequence, when Mickey is advancing upon Francine, he looks terrifying.
* FlashBack : The story is told in a series of flashbacks from the "present day" of 1977, back to the start of Francine's relationship with Mickey in 1963, through their courtship and early marriage, then the deterioration into violence.
* FlashBack : The story is told in a series of flashbacks from the "present day" of 1977, back to the start of Francine's relationship with Mickey in 1963, through their courtship and early marriage, then the deterioration into violence.
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* PoliceAreUseless : Not only can they not arrest Mickey unless they catch him in the act of hitting Francine, one of the cops testifies against her.
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* TroubledFetalPosition: While awaiting the verdict, Francine sits this way in a chair, smoking a cigarette.
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* AdultFear : When Mickey comes in the night and takes the children.
* TheAlcoholic : Mickey blame his abusive behaviour on his drinking, and promises he won't hit Francine anymore when he vows to stop drinking.
* TheAlcoholic : Mickey blame his abusive behaviour on his drinking, and promises he won't hit Francine anymore when he vows to stop drinking.
* BlatantLies : Flossie(Mickey's mother) 's testimony.
--> Never, have I ever seen any of my sons strike one of their wives.
* TheCharmer : Mickey is this, at first. It doesn't last long.
--> Never, have I ever seen any of my sons strike one of their wives.
* TheCharmer : Mickey is this, at first. It doesn't last long.
* GoodLawyersGoodClients : Francine's lawyer is portrayed as the better lawyer, representing the victim. Anyone representing or defending Mickey is shown in a negative way.
* HollywoodLaw : Strongly averted. The events of the film and the trial are realistically portrayed.
* HollywoodLaw : Strongly averted. The events of the film and the trial are realistically portrayed.
* KickTheDog : Francine's story of how Mickey treated the kids' pregnant dog cements him as a terrible person.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat : Zigzagged. The social worker Francine speaks to tells her only the "head of the household" can apply for social assistance. He softens when she takes off her sunglasses, revealing a terrible black eye. Then when Francine doesn't have the filing fee, he pays it for her.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat : Zigzagged. The social worker Francine speaks to tells her only the "head of the household" can apply for social assistance. He softens when she takes off her sunglasses, revealing a terrible black eye. Then when Francine doesn't have the filing fee, he pays it for her. The other people she asks for help are sympathetic, but can't do anything to keep Mickey away without punishing Francine.
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* SympatheticMurderer : Francine.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished : Despite the black eyes, Francine looks pretty good throughout her ordeal.
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* DarknessInducedApathy : A heartbreaking in-universe example. During one scene, the Hughes children are sitting listlessly on their beds while their father beats their mother.
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* InsanityDefense : A very well-known example. Hughes was acquitted. It's shown in the movie that a self-defense plea probably wouldn't convince a jury, so her lawyer suggests a plea of temporary insanity.
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* AssholeVictim : No one will miss Mickey all that much.
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* DisproportionateRetribution : Many examples. Mickey slaps Francine across the face in front of a room full of people because she went into town without his permission.
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* DestroyTheAbusiveHome : Francine sets fire to the home.
* DisproportionateRetribution : Many examples. Mickey slaps Francine across the face in front of a room full of people because she went into town without his permission. Justified, however, when she sets him on fire.
* DivorceIsTemporary : Francine divorces Mickey, but it doesn't last long.
* DisproportionateRetribution : Many examples. Mickey slaps Francine across the face in front of a room full of people because she went into town without his permission. Justified, however, when she sets him on fire.
* DivorceIsTemporary : Francine divorces Mickey, but it doesn't last long.
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* PlayingAgainstType : Richard Masur plays Francine's attorney, a rare (at the time) dramatic role, and Farrah Fawcett at the time was known for her jiggle roles.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat : Zigzagged. The social worker Francine speaks to tells her only the "head of the household" can apply for social assistance. He softens when she takes off her sunglasses, revealing a terrible black eye. Then when Francine doesn't have the filing fee, he pays it for her.
* PlayingAgainstType : Richard Masur plays Francine's attorney, a rare (at the time) dramatic role, and Farrah Fawcett at the time was known for her jiggleroles. roles.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist : It does make you wonder.
* PlayingAgainstType : Richard Masur plays Francine's attorney, a rare (at the time) dramatic role, and Farrah Fawcett at the time was known for her jiggle
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist : It does make you wonder.
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* DomesticAbuse : The couple's relationship is one of the most well-known examples, and possibly the TropeCodifier.
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* DisproportionateRetribution : Many examples. Mickey slaps Francine across the face in front of a room full of people because she went into town without his permission.
* DomesticAbuse : The couple's relationship is one of the most well-known examples, and possibly the TropeCodifier. It was pretty shocking in its day, although it presents many well-known Abuse tropes.
* DomesticAbuse : The couple's relationship is one of the most well-known examples, and possibly the TropeCodifier. It was pretty shocking in its day, although it presents many well-known Abuse tropes.
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* HouseFire : How Francine finally ends her terrible marriage.
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* DomesticAbuse : One of the most well-known examples.
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* DomesticAbuse BerserkButton : One of the most well-known examples.Mickey has many, but they usually involve some perceived infidelity.
* CrazyJealousGuy : When Francine buys a pretty new outfit, Mickey claims he doesn't want anyone else looking at her.
* DomesticAbuse : The couple's relationship is one of the most well-known examples, and possibly the TropeCodifier.
* FourthDateMarriage : While they actually have a relationship, the first section of the film is presented very quickly from the time Mickey and Francine meet until their wedding day, so it feels this way.
* InMediasRes : The film starts with the fire.
* LetsWaitAWhile : Francine tries, but Mickey puts so much pressure on her, she eventually gives in.
* MaritalRapeLicense::
* PlayingAgainstType : Richard Masur plays Francine's attorney, a rare (at the time) dramatic role, and Farrah Fawcett at the time was known for her jiggle roles.
* VirginityFlag : After she and Mickey have sex [[TheirFirstTime the first time]], Francine asks if she looks any different, or if anyone can tell.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim : And how.
* CrazyJealousGuy : When Francine buys a pretty new outfit, Mickey claims he doesn't want anyone else looking at her.
* DomesticAbuse : The couple's relationship is one of the most well-known examples, and possibly the TropeCodifier.
* FourthDateMarriage : While they actually have a relationship, the first section of the film is presented very quickly from the time Mickey and Francine meet until their wedding day, so it feels this way.
* InMediasRes : The film starts with the fire.
* LetsWaitAWhile : Francine tries, but Mickey puts so much pressure on her, she eventually gives in.
* MaritalRapeLicense
* PlayingAgainstType : Richard Masur plays Francine's attorney, a rare (at the time) dramatic role, and Farrah Fawcett at the time was known for her jiggle roles.
* VirginityFlag : After she and Mickey have sex [[TheirFirstTime the first time]], Francine asks if she looks any different, or if anyone can tell.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim : And how.
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A 1984 MadeForTVMovie starring the late Creator/FarrahFawcett as a battered wife who kills her husband, played by Paul Le Mat. The film is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of the book by the same name, written by Faith McNulty.
Some tropes appearing in the film include:
*DomesticAbuse : One of the most well-known examples.
* MaritalRapeLicense :
Some tropes appearing in the film include:
*DomesticAbuse : One of the most well-known examples.
* MaritalRapeLicense :
