Sleeping with the Enemy(1991)
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.
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.
Movie: Sleeping with the Enemy
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Laura Burney / Sara Walters
Martin Burney
Ben Woodward
Chloe Williams
John Fleishman
Locke
Dr. Rissner
Julie
Woman on Bus
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