Charlotte marries John. Things seem ok; John has a good job and he's going up in the world, working for the government. But every so often he loses his temper and Charlotte gets the brunt of his anger. During the 18 year course of their marriage, there are at least 8 incidents of physical abuse and countless of mental. Charlotte's family and friends tell her to leave John but she keeps going back, most likely because he has convinced her that she would be nothing without him. It finally explodes in a big divorce battle balancing on the cases of abuse.

• DirectorRobert Iscove
• Release13 May 1990
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration1h 34m
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• Rate
  

  5.5
  4 reviews
• Productions

  Carolco Pictures, CBS