Sleeping with the Devil is a 1997

1997 in film

-Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*...

 television film directed

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 by William A. Graham

William A. Graham (director)

William A. Graham is an American television and film director.Graham directed episodes of many TV series including The Fugitive, Twelve O'Clock High, The Big Valley, Batman and Ironside...

. The film is based upon the novel of the same name by Suzanne Finstad

Suzanne Finstad

Suzanne Finstad Bestselling American author, biographer, journalist, producer, and lawyer born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. .-Work pre-1990:Finstad received the Frank Wardlaw Prize in 1984 for literary excellence for her first book, Heir Not Apparent , drawn from her experiences as a young law clerk...

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Plot

Rebecca Dubrovich is a professional nurse who falls in love with millionaire Dick Strang. They are already in a relationship when she finds out her partner is a bigamist, control freak, liar and sadist. She is stalked and abused by him until she lands in a wheelchair. While recovering, she falls in love with surgeon Jerrold Petrofsky. Together, they decide to help women who are the victim of domestic violence.

Cast

• Shannen Doherty
  Shannen Doherty
  Shannen Maria Doherty is an American actress, producer, author and television director, known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers , as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and its spinoff series 90210, and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed .-Early life and career:Doherty was born in Memphis,...
  
   as Rebecca Dubrovich
• Tim Matheson
  Tim Matheson
  Tim Matheson is an American actor, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric 'Otter' Stratton in the 1978 comedy National Lampoon's Animal House and has had a variety of other well-known roles, including providing the voice of the lead character...
  
   as Dick Strang
• Bonnie Bartlett
  Bonnie Bartlett
  Bonnie Bartlett is an American television and film actress. Her career spans over 50 years, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, Love of Life. She is best known for her role as Ellen Craig on the medical drama series St. Elsewhere. She and her husband, actor William Daniels,...
  
   as Stasha Dubrovich
• Steve Eastin as Wes Dubrovich
• David Bowe
  David Bowe
  David Bowe is an often seen but rarely recognized character actor in American movies and television. His best known role is that of "Weird Al" Yankovic's sidekick, Bob, in 1989's UHF...
  
  as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky