Sleeping with the Enemy

Sleeping with the Enemy

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1991-01-13
Genre:Drama, Thriller
Duration:99 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Joseph Ruben
Actors:Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence, Kyle Secor
Production:20th Century Fox, Leonard Goldberg Productions

Overview:

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.

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