Chronicling the fact-based ordeal of a trusting wife (Lea Thompson) whose abusive husband entangles her in a murder. Clay: James Marshall. Margaret: Patricia Kalember. Ernest: Robert Englund. Cleary: Dick O'Neill. Lily: Karis Paige Bryant. Nora: Gail Cronauer. Eileen: Freda Williams. Clay's Mother: Mona Lee Fultz. Peter Werner directed.