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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.
1991 · Directed by Joseph Ruben · 99 min · Drama · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
She is a stranger in a small town. She changed her name. Her looks. Her life. All to escape the most dangerous man she's ever met. Her husband.
Crew
- Screenplay: Ronald Bass
- Cinematography: John Lindley
- Edited by: George Bowers
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Doug Kraner
- Produced by: Leonard Goldberg
Cast
- Julia Roberts as Laura Burney / Sara Walters
- Patrick Bergin as Martin Burney
- Kevin Anderson as Ben Woodward
- Elizabeth Lawrence as Chloe Williams
- Kyle Secor as John Fleishman
- Tony Abatemarco as Locke
- Claudette Nevins as Dr. Rissner
- Marita Geraghty as Julie
- Nancy Fish as Woman on Bus
- Harley Venton as Garber
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: 20th Century Fox, Leonard Goldberg Productions
- Budget: $19,000,000
- Box office: $175,000,000
- Themes: drowning, escape, iowa, violent husband, psychological abuse, domestic abuse, domestic violence, older man younger woman relationship, beach house, nursing home
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